lovesick

English

love +‎ sick

lovesick (comparative more lovesick, superlative most lovesick)

Behaving oddly, or as though in distress, due to being overcome by feelings of love.
- 1834 [1799], Samuel Taylor Coleridge; Robert Southey, “The Devil's Thoughts”, in The Poetical Works of S. T. Coleridge, volume II, London: W. Pickering, page 86:
  And she looked to Mr. –––– / And leered like a love-sick pigeon.
Having an aching desire for one's beloved.

behaving oddly due to love

having an aching desire for one's beloved

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Dutch: vlinders in je buik
Finnish: ikävöivä (fi)
French: languissant (fr)
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: liebeskrank (de); but preferably use a construction with the noun Liebeskummer
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Malay: angau
Maori: wewehe
Russian: томящийся от любви (tomjaščijsja ot ljubvi)
Spanish: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: kara sevdalı (tr)

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