jilt

jilt
Synonyms and related words:
Artful Dodger, Casanova, Don Juan, Machiavel, Machiavelli, Machiavellian, abandon, actor, back out, bamboozler, befuddler, beg off, beguiler, cast, cast aside, cast away, cast off, charmer, chuck, counterfeiter, cry off, deceiver, deep-six, deluder, depart from, desert, discard, dismiss, dispose of, dissembler, dissimulator, ditch, dodger, double-dealer, drop, drop out, dump, duper, eighty-six, eliminate, enchanter, entrancer, evacuate, faker, fooler, forger, forsake, gay deceiver, get quit of, get rid of, get shut of, give away, go back on, hoaxer, hypnotizer, jettison, jilter, joker, jokester, kidder, leave, leave behind, leave flat, leg-puller, maroon, mesmerizer, misleader, part with, plagiarist, plagiarizer, playactor, practical joker, pull out, quit, quit cold, ragger, reject, remove, renege, role-player, say goodbye to, seducer, slough, spoofer, stand down, take leave of, tease, teaser, throw away, throw out, throw over, throw overboard, toss overboard, vacate, withdraw

Moby Thesaurus. . 1996.

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  • Jilt — Jilt, v. i. To play the jilt; to practice deception in love; to discard lovers capriciously. Congreve. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jilţ — s.n. v. jeţ. Trimis de cata, 13.02.2009. Sursa: DEX 98  jilţ v. jeţ Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  JILŢ jilţuri n. Scaun cu spătar înalt (şi cu braţe); jeţ. /<germ. Sitz, săs. Sätz …   Dicționar Român

  • jilt — jilt·ee; jilt·er; jilt; …   English syllables

  • Jilt — Jilt, n. [Contr. fr. Scot. jillet a giddy girl, a jill flirt, dim. of jill a jill.] A woman who capriciously deceives her lover; a coquette; a flirt. Otway. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Jilt — Jilt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Jilted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Jilting}.] To cast off capriciously or unfeelingly, as a lover; to deceive in love. Locke. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • jilt — [dʒılt] v [T] [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: jilt woman who ends a relationship (17 20 centuries), probably from jillet girl who attracts sexual attention (16 19 centuries), from the female name Jill] to suddenly end a close romantic relationship with …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • jilt — [jilt] n. [< jillet, dim. of JILL] Now Rare a woman who rejects a lover or suitor after accepting or encouraging him vt. to reject or cast off (a previously accepted lover, etc.) …   English World dictionary

  • jilt´er — jilt «jihlt», verb, noun. –v.t. to cast off (a lover or sweetheart) after giving encouragement: »He had the mortification of being jilted by a little boardingschool girl (Washington Irving). SYNONYM(S): reject –n. a woman who casts off a lover… …   Useful english dictionary

  • jilt — index rebuff, reject, spurn Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • jilt — [ dʒılt ] verb transitive INFORMAL to tell someone that you want to end your romantic relationship with them …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • jilt — [v] abandon, betray break off*, coquette, deceive, desert, disappoint, discard, ditch*, drop*, dump*, forsake, get rid of, leave, leave at the altar*, leave flat*, reject, throw over*; concepts 195,297,384 Ant. keep, love …   New thesaurus

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