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Definition of Jilted
1. Adjective. Rebuffed (by a lover) without warning. "Jilted at the altar"
Definition of Jilted
1. Verb. (past of jilt) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Jilted
1. jilt [v] - See also: jilt
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jilted
Literary usage of Jilted
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Works of the English Poets, from Chaucer to Cowper: Including the Series by Alexander Chalmers, Samuel Johnson (1810)
"... jilted, and betray'd, I stamp, 1 tear, I rave; Capricious, light, injurious
maid, I'll be no more thy slave, I'll rend thy image from my heart, ..."
2. Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country (1877)
"This summer the comic song is a bitter complaint that Mariannina had jilted the
singer, ending in an imperative request to pull his leg hard ..."
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