Learn English – Person who suffers from unrequited love

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I'm looking for a noun that describes a person A, who loves person B, but person B doesn't reciprocate. Person A suffers because he or she can't have person B and is not interested in relationships with others.

The shorter the word, the better (ideally — single word).

Sample use in a sentence:

It poured as if it rained tears of all people who suffered from unrequited love.

I need a substitute for people who suffered from unrequited love.

Best Answer

Collins gives the meaning :

miserable because of unrequited love or unhappiness in love

for the word 'lovelorn'.

Also, Cambridge

sad because the person you love does not love you

But note that both sources are defining the emotion (miserable and sad) of the recipient (or rather non-recipient). They are not defining the state of being in a situation of unrequited love itself.

However I think that the noun, the lovelorn, answers the OP as the question was about a 'person who suffers'.