Jilt

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To deceive or drop (a lover) suddenly or callously.
  • n. One who discards a lover.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A woman who jilts a lover.
  • v. To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt.
  • v. To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love.
  • verb-intransitive. To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who discards another, after holding the relation of a lover.
  • To discard after treating or encouraging as a lover; trick in love.
  • To play the jilt; practise deception in love.
  • n. Same as gillet.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a woman who jilts a lover
  • v. cast aside capriciously or unfeelingly
  • Verb Form
    jilted    jilting    jilts   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    woman    adult female    leave   
    Form
    jilted    jilting   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    coquette    flirt    deceive    light-o'-love    desert   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    built    gilt    guilt    hilt    kilt    lilt    milt    overbuilt    quilt    rebuilt   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    scapegrace    bigamist    toadyism    daown    debar    ruiner    misdemeanants    tea-drinker    disbeliever    reiver