unrequited en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˌʌn.ɹɪˈkwaɪ.tɪd/ (UK)
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- /ˌʌn.ɹɪˈkwaɪ.tɪd/ (Canada, US)
- [ˌʌn.ɹɪˈkwaɪ.ɾɪd] (Canada, US)
- /ˌʌnɹəˈkwaɪtɪd/
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English requited English unrequited From un- + requited.
Meanings
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(of a feeling or emotion) Not returned; not reciprocated; not repaid.
ONE of my comrades there—another of those victims of eighteen years of unrequited toil and blighted hopes—was one of the gentlest spirits that ever bore its patient cross in a weary exile: […]
1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], “”, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 439:Enough for me that I stand on the privilege of a free Scottish-man, and will brook no insult unreturned, and no injury unrequited.
1820 March, [Walter Scott], chapter VI, in The Monastery. A Romance. […], volume II, Edinburgh: […] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, […]; and for Archibald Constable and Co., and John Ballantyne, […], →OCLC, page 196:His expressions of love went unrequited.
To her mind, a girl who would tell of the unrequited love of a man for herself, was unspeakably base.
1912, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 27, in Miss Billy’s Decision:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| more unrequited | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| most unrequited | Degree=Sup | lexicographic |
Deriveds
unrequitedly · unrequitedness · unrequited love
Synonyms
Translations (24)
sv obesvarad (not reciprocated) · fi yksipuolinen (not reciprocated) · pt não correspondido (not reciprocated) · de unerwidert (not reciprocated) · es sin contrapartida (not reciprocated) · cmn 無報答的 /无报答的 (not reciprocated) · es no correspondido / reciprocado (not reciprocated) · ca no correspost (not reciprocated) · it non ricambiato (not reciprocated) · it non corrisposto (not reciprocated) · cmn 單相思 /单相思 (not reciprocated) · cs neopětovaný (not reciprocated) · hu viszonzatlan (not reciprocated) · ru неопла́ченный (not reciprocated) · oc non reciproc (not reciprocated) · ru безотве́тный (not reciprocated) · el ανανταπόδοτος (not reciprocated) · fr non réciproque (not reciprocated) · bg несподелен (not reciprocated) · ru неразделённый (not reciprocated) · nl onbeantwoord (not reciprocated) · fr à sens unique (not reciprocated) · pl nieodwzajemniony (not reciprocated) · cmn 單戀 /单恋 (not reciprocated)