Love-sick

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Love-sick \Love"-sick`\, a.
     1. Languishing with love or amorous desire; as, a love-sick
        maid.
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              To the dear mistress of my love-sick mind. --Dryden.


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     2. Originating in, or expressive of, languishing love.
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              Where nightingales their love-sick ditty sing.
                                                    --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lovesick
       adj : languishing because of love; "strong men behaving like
             lovesick boys"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  23 Moby Thesaurus words for "lovesick":
     adoring, affectionate, conjugal, demonstrative, devoted, faithful,
     filial, fond, husbandly, languishing, lovelorn, lovesome, loving,
     maternal, melting, parental, paternal, romantic, sentimental, soft,
     tender, uxorious, wifely