Definitions for lost

Definitions for (noun) lost

Main entry: doomed, lost

Definition: people who are destined to die soon

Usage: the agony of the doomed was in his voice


Definitions for (adj) lost

Main entry: lost, missed

Definition: not caught with the senses or the mind

Usage: words lost in the din


Main entry: helpless, lost

Definition: unable to function; without help


Main entry: lost

Definition: no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered

Usage: a lost child; lost friends; his lost book; lost opportunities


Main entry: lost

Definition: spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed

Usage: lost souls; a lost generation; a lost ship; the lost platoon


Main entry: lost

Definition: not gained or won

Usage: a lost battle; a lost prize


Main entry: lost, disoriented, confused

Definition: having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity

Usage: I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway; the anesthetic left her completely disoriented


Main entry: at sea, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, baffled, mixed-up, confounded, confused, lost, mazed

Definition: perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment

Usage: 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


Main entry: lost

Definition: incapable of being recovered or regained

Usage: his lost honor


Main entry: preoccupied, bemused, deep in thought, lost

Definition: deeply absorbed in thought

Usage: as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class; lost in thought; a preoccupied frown


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