jilted bride
Altar-abandoned fiancée
A jilted bride is a woman who has been abandoned by her partner shortly before or at the wedding ceremony.
The image evokes a woman in her wedding dress, left waiting at the altar: She stood there like a jilted bride, humiliated in front of everyone.
The phrase carries connotations of public humiliation and betrayal.
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- heartbrokenOverwhelmed with grief
- weddingMarriage rite and feast
- altarSacred ritual table
- broken engagementTerminated promise to marry
left at the altar · veil · tears · betrayal · scorned · runaway · groom · rejection · humiliation · public humiliation · revenge · Miss Havisham · dress · chapel · wedding bells · stood up · dumped · sobbing
- ___ bride
- Literary Weddingswedding, groom, betrothal, marriage vows, wedding scene
wedding outcome
jilted brideblushing bride
Shy woman marrying
honeymooner · newlywed · married couple · married woman · wedded bliss