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- [noh luhv lawst, lost]
- /noʊ lʌv lɔst, lɒst/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [noh luhv lawst, lost]
- /noʊ lʌv lɔst, lɒst/
Definitions of no love lost words
- noun no love lost a profoundly tender, passionate affection for another person. 1
- noun no love lost a feeling of warm personal attachment or deep affection, as for a parent, child, or friend. 1
- noun no love lost sexual passion or desire. 1
- noun no love lost a person toward whom love is felt; beloved person; sweetheart. 1
- noun no love lost (used in direct address as a term of endearment, affection, or the like): Would you like to see a movie, love? 1
- noun no love lost a love affair; an intensely amorous incident; amour. 1
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Origin of no love lost
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English lufu, cognate with Old Frisian luve, Old High German luba, Gothic lubō; (v.) Middle English lov(i)en, Old English lufian; cognate with Old Frisian luvia, Old High German lubōn to love, Latin lubēre (later libēre) to be pleasing; akin to lief
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Parts of speech for No love lost
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
no love lost popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
no love lost usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for no love lost
noun no love lost
- despites — in spite of; notwithstanding.
- ill will — hostile feeling; malevolence; enmity: to harbor ill will against someone.
- animosity — Animosity is a strong feeling of dislike and anger. Animosities are feelings of this kind.
- despite — You use despite to introduce a fact which makes the other part of the sentence surprising.
- hate — to dislike intensely or passionately; feel extreme aversion for or extreme hostility toward; detest: to hate the enemy; to hate bigotry.
Antonyms for no love lost
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