FORGETFUL DEFINITIONS - 10 definitions found
forgetful adj 1: (of memory) deficient in retentiveness or range; "a short memory" [syn: unretentive, forgetful, short] [ant: long, recollective, retentive, tenacious] 2: not mindful or attentive; "while thus unmindful of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw [syn: unmindful, forgetful, mindless] [ant: aware, mindful] 3: failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age" [syn: forgetful, oblivious] Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition (2003) forgetful adjective Date: 14th century 1. likely to forget 2. characterized by negligent failure to remember ; neglectful 3. inducing oblivion <forgetful sleep> • forgetfully adverb • forgetfulness noun Oxford English Reference Dictionary
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner\'s English Dictionary forgetful Someone who is forgetful often forgets things. My mother has become very forgetful and confused recently. = absent-minded ADJ English Explanatory Dictionary forgetful fəˈɡetful adj. 1 apt to forget, absent-minded. 2 (often foll. by of) forgetting, neglectful. øøforgetfully adj. forgetfulness n. Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) Forgetful \For*get"ful\, a. 1. Apt to forget; easily losing remembrance; as, a forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. 2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. --Heb. xiii. 2. 3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [Archaic or Poetic] ``The forgetful wine.'' --J. Webster. Soule\'s Dictionary of English Synonyms forgetful a. 1. Apt to forget. 2. Negligent, inattentive, neglectful, careless, heedless, mindless. English Explanatory Dictionary (Synonyms) forgetful fəˈɡetful adj. amnesiac; absent-minded, distracted, abstracted, inattentive, preoccupied, neglectful, negligent, careless, lax, dreamy, dreaming, in dreamland, in the clouds, in cloud-cuckoo-land or cloud-land or Nephelococcygia, remote, distrait(e), Colloq not turned on, turned off, out of it: Franklin is so forgetful he'd lose his head if it weren't stitched on. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 67 Moby Thesaurus words for "forgetful": Lethean, absent, absent-minded, absentminded, abstracted, airy, amnesiac, amnestic, bemused, blocked, careless, casual, converted, cursory, degage, disregardant, disregardful, distracted, dreaming, dreamy, easygoing, flippant, forgetting, free and easy, heedless, in the clouds, inattentive, inclined to forget, inconsiderate, indifferent, insouciant, lax, lazy, mindless, neglectful, negligent, oblivious, offhand, out of it, perfunctory, preoccupied, reckless, regardless, remiss, remote, repressed, respectless, slack, suppressed, tactless, thoughtless, unaccommodating, uncomplaisant, uncooperative, undiplomatic, unheedful, unheeding, unhelpful, unmindful, unobliging, unprepared, unready, unsolicitous, untactful, unthinking, unthoughtful, unwitting |
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