unrequited love

collocation in English

meaningsofunrequitedandlove

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unrequited
adjective
uk
/ˌʌn.rɪˈkwaɪ.tɪd/us
/ˌʌn.rɪˈkwaɪ.t̬ɪd/
If love that you feel for someone is unrequited, it is not felt in the same way by the ...
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love
noun
uk
/lʌv/us
/lʌv/
the feeling of liking another adult very much and being romantically and sexually attracted to them, or strong feelings of liking a friend or person in ...
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Such regrets provide the preamble for the novel's principal theme:unrequitedlove.
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The eponymous hero, whoseunrequitedlovecomprises the principal theme of the opera, sings no fewer than six airs in this style.
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The narrative of romance andunrequitedloveis shadowed by a bourgeois narrative of domesticity.
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Legal and literary texts preserve the paper trail ofunrequitedloveand relationships gone awry.
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Unrequited exports, which is what this means, are likeunrequitedlove—extremely exhausting and not very rewarding.
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The term comes from the saying, to carry a torch for someone, or to keep aflame the light of anunrequitedlove.
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Within the context of monogamy, love triangles are inherently unstable, withunrequitedloveand jealousy as common themes.
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Inner city blues, imaginary nighttime travels through town full of down-on-their-luck characters, dives,unrequitedloveand the inevitable morning hangover.
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Her poems are typically aboutunrequitedloveand loss and often, the death that followed such an unhappy state of affairs.
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He describes it as a propulsive tale ofunrequitedlove.
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The film touched on themes related to romance andunrequitedlove.
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The songs are mostly inspired byunrequitedlove, and deals with romantic relationships from different points of view.
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The state ofunrequitedloveis a common experience in youth, but mutual love becomes more typical as people get older.
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The song is, in effect, a tale ofunrequitedlove.
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It involves a construction worker without a high school diploma who falls inunrequitedlovewith a woman who likes intellectuals.
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There's the pain of lost love and the brutality ofunrequitedlove.
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The poet watches his beloved from afar and longing often turns into sadness because ofunrequitedloveand the failure of life.
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It was only due to herunrequitedlovethat she was hovering as a banshee so far, she explains.
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In the opera she is presented as bearing anunrequitedlovefor the title character.
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Throughout the series, many forms of love are showcased, including sibling love, childhood crushes,unrequitedlove, and true love.
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