Jilted
[dʒɪltid]
Definition
(adj.) rebuffed (by a lover) without warning; 'jilted at the altar' .
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Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Jilt
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Examples
- Why, the man was weary of you, and would have jilted you, but that Dobbin forced him to keep his word. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- It is too ridiculous that such a girl as Thomasin could so mortify us as to get jilted on the wedding day. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- I know what it is to be jilted, Sir; I have endured that sort of thing three or four times. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
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