jilted

jilt

 (jĭlt)

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.]

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

jilted - rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; "jilted at the altar" rejected, spurned unloved - not loved

Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.