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English adjective: lost | |||
| 1. | lost no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered | ||
| Samples | A lost child. Lost friends. His lost book. Lost opportunities. | ||
| Similar | gone, mislaid, misplaced, missing, squandered, stray, straying, wasted | ||
| See also | lost | ||
| Antonyms | found | ||
| 2. | lost having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity | ||
| Samples | I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway. The anesthetic left her completely disoriented. | ||
| Synonyms | confused, disoriented | ||
| Similar | unoriented | ||
| Antonyms | orientated, oriented | ||
| 3. | lost spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed | ||
| Samples | Lost souls. A lost generation. A lost ship. The lost platoon. | ||
| Similar | cursed, damned, destroyed, doomed, ruined, unredeemed, unsaved | ||
| See also | cursed, curst, lost, unregenerate, unregenerated | ||
| Antonyms | saved | ||
| 4. | lost not gained or won | ||
| Samples | A lost battle. A lost prize. | ||
| Similar | confiscate, forfeit, forfeited | ||
| Antonyms | won | ||
| 5. | lost incapable of being recovered or regained | ||
| Samples | His lost honor. | ||
| Similar | irrecoverable, unrecoverable | ||
| Antonyms | recoverable | ||
| 6. | lost not caught with the senses or the mind | ||
| Samples | Words lost in the din. | ||
| Synonyms | missed | ||
| Similar | incomprehensible, uncomprehensible | ||
| Antonyms | comprehendible, comprehensible | ||
| 7. | lost deeply absorbed in thought | ||
| Samples | As distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class. Lost in thought. A preoccupied frown. | ||
| Synonyms | bemused, deep in thought, preoccupied | ||
| Similar | thoughtful | ||
| Antonyms | thoughtless | ||
| 8. | lost perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment | ||
| Samples | Obviously bemused by his questions. Bewildered and confused. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Just a mixed-up kid. She felt lost on the first day of school. | ||
| Synonyms | at sea, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, mazed, mixed-up | ||
| Similar | perplexed | ||
| Antonyms | unperplexed | ||
| 9. | lost unable to function; without help | ||
| Synonyms | helpless | ||
| Similar | hopeless | ||
| Antonyms | hopeful | ||
English noun: lost | |||
| 1. | lost (group) people who are destined to die soon | ||
| Samples | The agony of the doomed was in his voice. | ||
| Synonyms | doomed | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | people | ||
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