Lost

Quick meaning: Lost is a verb meaning simple past and past participle of lose.

Meaning

simple past and past participle of lose.

More Meanings

1. Having wandered from, or unable to find, the way.
2. In an unknown location; unable to be found.
3. Not perceptible to the senses; no longer visible.
4. Parted with; no longer held or possessed.
5. Not employed or enjoyed; thrown away; employed ineffectually; wasted; squandered.
6. Ruined or destroyed, either physically or morally; past help or hope.
7. Hardened beyond sensibility or recovery; alienated; insensible.

Example Sentences

a lost limb; lost honour

The children were soon lost in the forest.

lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour

an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd

Word Forms

• loss
• loster
• lostest

Synonyms for lost

Depending on context, synonyms include perplexed, bewildered, bemused, baffled, befuddled, confounded.

Antonyms for lost

Common opposites include found, won, saved.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include doomed, missing, preoccupied, disoriented, mislaid, wasted.

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