jilt
verb (used with object)
to reject or cast aside (a lover or sweetheart), especially abruptly or unfeelingly.
jilts
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present tense formof jilt (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Then she watches as he jilts her for Julie Andrews’s Maria, a 19-year-old wannabe nun who runs around wearing drapes.
From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2020
In “Queen,” the female lead takes a European “honeymoon” by herself after her fiance jilts her.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 27, 2017
The film stars Jill Clayburgh as a thirtysomething gallerist, wife and mother whose life is turned upside down when her stockbroker husband jilts her for a younger woman.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 1, 2014
San Diego State jilts Big East, staying in Mountain West San Diego State is staying in the Mountain West and backing out on the Big East — just like Boise State did last month.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 17, 2013
When a heartless girl jilts the fellow she is engaged to in order to sell herself to an elderly beast, I think she deserves all she gets.
From Smith and the Pharaohs, and other Tales by Henry Rider Haggard
