1. unhappy because of unrequited love or being without a lover

Examples

• The lovelorn teenager wrote sad poems about his crush.
• She felt lovelorn after her boyfriend moved away.
• The novel tells the story of a lovelorn prince searching for his true love.
• He wandered the streets like a lovelorn soul, missing his ex-girlfriend.
• The lovelorn woman stared at old photographs and sighed.
• After the breakup, he became increasingly lovelorn and withdrawn.