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- pronunciation:
- jIlt
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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transitive verb |
| inflections: |
jilts, jilting, jilted |
| definition: |
to break off relations with (a lover, fiancée, or the like) esp. without good cause.
The poor bride was jilted at the altar.He was both angry and heartbroken after his girlfriend jilted him.- synonyms:
- ditch, drop, dump
- similar words:
- abandon, give the gate, reject
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| related words: |
desert, drop, dump, forsake |
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| derivation: |
jilter (n.) |
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