ex-girlfriend
Past romantic partner
An ex-girlfriend is a former girlfriend—someone with whom a romantic relationship has ended.
The term implies the relationship was significant enough to warrant the label: I ran into my ex-girlfriend at the grocery store.
Often shortened to just ex: My ex is getting married.
Deep emotional distress
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- regretSorrow over past actions
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
- resentmentPersistent bitter displeasure
nostalgia · bitterness · anger · sadness · grief · hurt · pain · loss
Romantic relationship's termination
- exPrevious romantic partner
- formerPreviously holding a position
- pastTime already gone
- datingPursuing romantic connections
romance · history · memories · feelings · attachment · intimacy · partner · lover
People known to both parties
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- avoidingDeliberately staying clear
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
- unfollowingStopping updates from someone
running into · blocking · pictures · deleted · contact · texting · stalking · checking up
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- rekindlingRestoring to flame
- reconnectingResuming a severed link
- apologyStatement acknowledging wrongdoing
makeup · trying again · hope · unfinished business · cycling · revisiting · rethinking
heartache
Deep emotional distress
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- regretSorrow over past actions
- jealousyResentful desire for another's advantages
resentment · nostalgia · bitterness · anger · sadness · grief · hurt · pain · loss · missing
breakup
Romantic relationship's termination
dating · romance · history · memories · feelings · attachment · intimacy · partner · lover · significant other
mutual friends
People known to both parties
- awkwardnessLack of grace or ease
- avoidingDeliberately staying clear
- social mediaOnline content-sharing platforms
running into · unfollowing · blocking · pictures · deleted · contact · texting · stalking · checking up · gossip
getting back together
- second chanceRenewed opportunity after failure
- rekindlingRestoring to flame
- reconnectingResuming a severed link
apology · makeup · trying again · hope · unfinished business · cycling · revisiting · rethinking
- Former Rolesex-president, ex-member, ex-spouse, ex-mayor, ex-governor
- exesex, ex-spouse, ex-fiance, ex-fiancee, former partner
- loverslover, lovers, beloved, sweethearts, sweetheart
- high schoolhigh school, teachers, classroom, classrooms, principal
- romancelove story, amor, love, boyfriend, courting
- female relativesmother, daughter, sister, aunt, grandmother
ex-girlfriendgirlfriend
Female romantic partner
fiancée · wife · partner · significant other · lover
ex-girlfriendex-boyfriend
Former male romantic partner
boyfriend · ex-husband · husband · ex-partner
girlfriend, girlfriends, ex-boyfriend, ex-wife, ex-husband, ex-partner