lovesick

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   languishing because of love

   “strong men behaving like lovesick boys”

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Questions about lovesick

What does lovesick mean?

lovesick means "languishing because of love".

How many syllables are in lovesick?

lovesick has 3 syllables and divides as lo-ve-sick under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

Is lovesick a common word?

lovesick is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.