adj, verb ·2 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb

1. 1
   simple past and past participle of unlove form-of, participle, past

Adjective

1. 1
   Not loved.

   "Then, too, there was the mute appeal of this wee waif alone and unloved in the midst of the horrors of the savage jungle."

Adjective

1. 1
   not loved wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

alienateddespiseddisinheritedforsakenlovelesslovelorn

Antonyms

All antonyms

belovedloved

Example

More examples

"What a starved, unloved life she had had—a life of drudgery and poverty and neglect."

Etymology

From un- + loved.

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