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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | out of one's mind |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, blanked out, blotted out, blown over, buried, bygone, clean forgot, consigned to oblivion, disremembered, drew a blank, erased, fell between the cracks, gone, lapsed, left behind, left out, lost, obliterated, omitted, past, past recollection, repressed, slipped one's mind, suppressed, unrecalled, unremembered |
| Antonyms: | recalled, recollected, remembered |
| Main Entry: | forget |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | leave behind |
| Synonyms: | blink, discount, disregard, drop, fail, ignore, lose sight of, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, pass over, skip, slight, transgress, trespass |
| Antonyms: | carry, remember, take |
| Main Entry: | abandoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | left alone, deserted |
| Synonyms: | alone, cast aside, cast away, deserted, discarded, dissipated, dropped, dumped, eighty-sixed, eliminated, empty, forgotten, forsaken, given up, godforsaken, jilted, left, left in the cold, left in the lurch, neglected, on the rocks, outcast, passed up, pigeon-holed, rejected, relinquished, shunned, side-tracked, sidelined, unoccupied, vacant, vacated |
| Antonyms: | adopted, cherished, defended, maintained, supported |
| Main Entry: | bygone |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in the past |
| Synonyms: | ancient, antiquated, archaic, belated, dated, dead, defunct, departed, down memory lane, erstwhile, extinct, forgotten, former, gone, gone by, in oblivion, late, lost, of old, of yore, old-fashioned, old-time, olden, oldfangled, one-time, out-of-date, previous, quondam, sometime, vanished, water over the dam, water under the bridge |
| Antonyms: | modern, new, recent |
| Main Entry: | forlorn |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless, inconsolable |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, alone, bereft, blue*, cheerless, comfortless, cynical, defenseless, depressed, deserted, desolate, despairing, desperate, despondent, destitute, destroyed, disconsolate, down and out, dragging, forgotten, forsaken, friendless, fruitless, futile, godforsaken, helpless, homeless, in the dumps, lonely, lonesome, lost, miserable, oppressed, pathetic, pessimistic, pitiable, pitiful, solitary, tragic, unhappy, vain, weighed down, woebegone, wretched |
| Notes: | lonely adds to solitary a suggestion of longing for companionship, while lonesome heightens the suggestion of sadness; forlorn and desolate are even more isolated and sad |
| Antonyms: | cheerful, comforted, consolable, happy, hopeful, joyful, pleased |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | godforsaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | desolate |
| Synonyms: | abandoned, backward, deserted, dismal, distant, empty, forgotten, forlorn, gloomy, isolated, lonely, miserable, neglected, out-of-the-way, remote, secluded, wicked |
| Main Entry: | lost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extinct, destroyed |
| Synonyms: | abolished, annihilated, bygone, consumed, dead, demolished, devastated, dissipated, eradicated, exterminated, forgotten, frittered, gone, lapsed, misspent, misused, obliterated, obsolete, out-of-date, past, perished, ruined, squandered, unremembered, wasted, wiped out, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | alive, existent, existing, living |
| Main Entry: | omitted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excluded |
| Synonyms: | absent, deleted, erased, expunged, forgotten, left out, missing, neglected, overlooked, precluded |
| Main Entry: | past |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | preceding, done |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, ago, antecedent, anterior, completed, elapsed, ended, extinct, finished, foregoing, forgotten, former, gone, gone by, over, over and done, precedent, previous, prior, spent |
| Antonyms: | current, future, present |
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