Ben Mendelsohn

One of the things that I found very confronting in my early working life was that people thought I was some sensitive doe-eyed lovelorn boy, because they'd seen me do that a couple of times. What tends to happen is you get a run of similar roles.

Australian Actor

Use 'lovelorn' to express deep emotional pain related to love, more than just feeling sad or upset.

Emotional intensity

'Lovelorn' is specific to situations where love is not returned, not just any kind of romantic sadness.

Not Reciprocal

The term often implies a prolonged period of suffering, not just a temporary feeling.

Duration of feeling

 But she longed to be back in Poland. Upon her return to Warsaw, though, she found that securing an academic position as a woman remained a challenge. All was not lost. Back in Paris, the lovelorn Pierre was waiting, and the pair quickly married and became a formidable scientific team.