loveless

[ luhv-lis ]

/ ˈlʌv lɪs /

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adjective

without any love: a loveless marriage.

feeling no love.

receiving no love; unloved.

Nearby words

lovejoy, lovejoy, elijah parish, lovelace, lovelace, richard, loveland, loveless, lovelessly, lovell, lovelock, lovelorn, lovely

Origin of loveless

First recorded in 1275–1325, loveless is from the Middle English word loveles. See love, -less

Related forms

love·less·ly, adverblove·less·ness, noun

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Representing “Loveless” is a Grant member whom Vaillant refers to as “Sam Lovelace.”
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Loveless is an ex-Confederate scientist who hopes to get back at the North for winning the Civil War.
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Washington could never have married a poor woman, but neither could he have tolerated a cold and loveless marriage.
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But the marriage was loveless and lonely and McRay found herself meandering the manicured grounds, plotting her escape.
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Normal, formal, and colourless, she was what was to be expected of a loveless marriage.
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By no stretch of imagination could she picture herself like the infirm and loveless creature before her.
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Loveless marriage was reprobated by Tennyson, and Mr. Hughes goes into ecstacies over the tremendous fact.
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He meditates upon his loveless life and the burthen of riches.
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British Dictionary definitions for loveless

loveless

/ (ˈlʌvlɪs) /

adjective

without lovea loveless marriage

receiving or giving no love

Derived Forms

lovelessly, adverblovelessness, noun

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