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loveless Definition

love·less (luvlis)

adjective

without love; specif.,

  1. feeling no love
  2. receiving no love; unloved

loveless Related Forms

love·lessly adverb

loveless Synonyms

loveless

modif.

  1. Rejected

    disliked, forsaken, unloved; see refused.

  2. Heartless

    cold, hard, insensitive; see cruel 2, ruthless 1.

loveless Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • marriage: His parents were locked in a loveless marriage that often exploded loudly into domestic discord.
  • childhood: So one girl had a loveless childhood and has turned into an uptight prig.
  • life: But, we turn grace into duty and live a loveless life.
  • affair: Marianne had a rather physical and loveless affair with him.
  • attitude: Some of the denominations are just a flicker of what they once were, because of their loveless attitude the candlestick has been removed.
  • child: Marxism is Christianity's loveless child, out of wedlock and without father - God.

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