jilt

verb

🔊/dʒɪlt/

[often passive]

Verb Forms

present simple I / you / we / they jilt	🔊/dʒɪlt/ 🔊/dʒɪlt/
he / she / it jilts	🔊/dʒɪlts/ 🔊/dʒɪlts/
past simple jilted	🔊/ˈdʒɪltɪd/ 🔊/ˈdʒɪltɪd/
past participle jilted	🔊/ˈdʒɪltɪd/ 🔊/ˈdʒɪltɪd/
-ing form jilting	🔊/ˈdʒɪltɪŋ/ 🔊/ˈdʒɪltɪŋ/

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jilt somebody to end a romantic relationship with somebody in a sudden and unkind way抛弃，遗弃（情人）
- He was jilted by his fiancée.他被未婚妻抛弃了。🔊🔊
- a jilted bride/lover被抛弃的新娘／情人
Topics Personal qualitiesc2
Word Originmid 17th cent.: (in the sense ‘deceive, trick’): of unknown origin.