jilting
/ˈd͡ʒɪltɪŋ/noun, verb
jilting is a noun meaning “The rejection of a lover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled J-I-L-T-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 50 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of jilting is jiltings.
What does jilting mean?
noun
- 1
The rejection of a lover.
verb
- 1
present participle and gerund of jilt
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce jilting?
- /ˈd͡ʒɪltɪŋ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of jilting
- jiltings plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is jilting?
Jilting appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).