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jilt

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jilt  (jlt)
tr.v. jilt·ed, jilt·ing, jilts
To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously.
n.
One who discards a lover.

[Possibly from obsolete jilt, harlot, alteration of gillot, diminutive of gille, woman, girl, from Middle English; see gill4.]

jilt [dʒɪlt]
vb
(tr) to leave or reject (a lover), esp without previous warning she was jilted at the altar
n
a woman who jilts a lover
[from dialect jillet flighty girl, diminutive of proper name Gill]
jilter  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.jiltjilt - a woman who jilts a lover            
adult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted"
Verb1.jilt - cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly; "jilt a lover or a bride"
leave - go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; "She left a mess when she moved out"; "His good luck finally left him"; "her husband left her after 20 years of marriage"; "she wept thinking she had been left behind"

jilt
verb reject, drop, disappoint, abandon, desert, ditch (slang), betray, discard, deceive, forsake, throw over, coquette, leave (someone) in the lurch She was jilted by her first fiancé.
Translations
jilt [dʒɪlt] VT [+ fiancé] → dejar plantado a; [+ fiancée] → dejar plantada a
her jilted loversu amante rechazado

jilt [ˈdʒɪlt] vtlaisser tomber, plaquer >

jilt
vt loverden Laufpass geben (+dat); girlsitzen lassen; jiltedverschmäht

jilt [dʒɪlt] vtpiantare (fidanzato(a))
jilt [dʒɪlt] vtpiantare (fidanzato(a))

jilt
v jilt [dʒilt]
to reject or send away (someone with whom one has been in love) After being her boyfriend for two years, he suddenly jilted her. in die pad steek, laat loop, afsê تَهْجُر عَشيقَها أو حَبيبَها оставям любимия си pustit k vodě svigte; slå op med den Laufpaß geben παρατώ, απορρίπτω (για ερωτική σχέση) abandonar maha jätma ترک کردن؛ بریدن از hylätä laisser tomber לַעֲזוֹב ठुकरा देना odbiti faképnél hagy meninggalkan segja upp abbandonare, piantare 捨てる 변덕스럽게 애인을 버리다 mesti atstāt; pamest (iemīļoto) meninggalkan de bons geven svikte, slå opp med rzucić rejeitar a părăsi pe cineva бросить pustiť k vode pustiti napustiti överge, ge på båten, göra slut med สลัดทิ้ง; ทอดทิ้ง terketmek, bırakıp gitmek 突然拋棄(情人)任意遺棄(情人) звабити і обдурити یکایک ناتا توڑ لینا bỏ rơi


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When one is twenty and romantic one would scorn a woman who would jilt us for wealth and position; at thirty, one would scorn any woman who didn't.
He is a pleasant fellow, and would jilt you creditably.
Kearney," she said dryly, "one would think that some silly, conceited girl"--she was quite earnest in her epithets, for a sudden, angry conviction of some coquetry and disingenuousness in Jessie had come to her in contemplating its effects upon the young fellow at her side--"some country jilt, had been trying her rustic hand upon you.
 
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