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# lovesick

adjective (lovesick)

«lovesick» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Lovesick means so much in love, often with someone who does not love you back, that you feel sad, dreamy and cannot think of anything else. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovesick/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories, songs and comedies: a lovesick teenager sighing, a lovesick knight writing poems. Often a bit humorous. It tells the reader a character is miserable or silly because of love.

### Examples

- The lovesick boy wrote poems about the girl next door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovesick/#x1)
- My big brother has been lovesick all week. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovesick/#x2)
- The lovesick puppy followed her everywhere. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovesick/#x3)
- In the story, the lovesick knight could not eat or sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovesick/#x4)
- Stop sighing like a lovesick teenager! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovesick/#x5)
- The song is about a lovesick sailor far from home. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovesick/#x6)

### Note

Compound: love + sick. It is not a real illness. Similar informal phrases: «head over heels», «have a crush on».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «lovesick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/lovesick/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«lovesick» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/lovesick.html) on Mova free.