jilt
verb
[ dʒɪlt ]
• suddenly reject or abandon (a lover).
• "he was jilted at the altar by his bride-to-be"
Similar:
leave,
walk out on,
throw over,
finish with,
break up with,
reject,
cast aside,
desert,
abandon,
leave in the lurch,
leave high and dry,
betray,
chuck,
ditch,
dump,
drop,
run out on,
give someone the old heave-ho,
give someone the elbow,
give someone the big E,
give someone the push,
bin off,
do the dirty on,
forsake,
jilt
noun
• a person, especially a woman, who capriciously rejects a lover.
• "they'll teach you the guilt of coquetting and ogling, and playing the jilt"
Origin:
mid 17th century: (in the sense ‘deceive, trick’): of unknown origin.
