jilt

  • 21Jilţ River — Geobox River name = Jilţ River native name = other name = other name1 = image size = image caption = country type = Countries state type = region type = district type = Counties city type = Villages country = Romania country1 = state = state1 =… …

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  • 22jilt — I. transitive verb Date: 1673 to drop (as a lover) capriciously or unfeelingly • jilter noun II. noun Etymology: alteration of jillet flirtatious girl Date: circa 1674 one who jilts a lover …

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  • 23jilt — 1. noun /dʒɪlt/ A woman who jilts a lover. 2. verb /dʒɪlt/ To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love …

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  • 24jilt — Synonyms and related words: Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, abandon, actor, back out, bamboozler, befuddler, beg off, beguiler, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, charmer, chuck, counterfeiter, cry… …

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  • 25jilt — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. reject or cast off (a lover); leave in the lurch. See disappointment. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. reject, forsake, desert; see abandon 2 . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. reject, dump, cast off, drop …

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  • 26jilt — [[t]ʤɪ̱lt[/t]] jilts, jilting, jilted VERB If someone is jilted, the person they are having a romantic relationship with suddenly ends the relationship in a surprising and upsetting way. [INFORMAL] [be V ed] She was jilted by her first fiancé...… …

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  • 27jilt — dʒɪlt n. woman who rejects her lover after encouraging him v. reject, refuse, cast aside a lover …

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  • 28jilt — verb abruptly end a relationship with (a lover). noun archaic a woman who capriciously rejects a lover. Origin C17: (in the sense deceive, trick ): of unknown origin …

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  • 29jilt — verb (T) to end a relationship with someone …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 30jilt — verb do you think she s jilted him? Syn: leave, walk out on, throw over, finish with, break up with, spurn, chuck, ditch, dump, drop, run out on, give someone the old heave ho; literary forsake …

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