English dictionary
lost
adjectivePronunciation
lɒst
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
adjective
- not caught with the senses or the mind
adjective
- unable to function; without help
adjective
- no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
adjective
- spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
adjective
- not gained or won
adjective
- having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
adjective
- perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
adjective
- cannot be recovered or regained
adjective
- deeply absorbed in thought
noun
- people who are destined to die soon
Example sentences
words lost in the din
a lost child
lost friends
his lost book
lost opportunities
lost souls
a lost generation
a lost ship
the lost platoon
a lost battle
a lost prize
I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway
the anesthetic left her completely disoriented
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
his lost honor
as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
lost in thought
a preoccupied frown
the agony of the doomed was in his voice