lost
adjective
1. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered
- a lost child
- lost friends
- his lost book
Similar word(s): mislaid, misplaced, missing, squandered, wasted, stray, straying, lost
2. having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity
Similar word(s): unoriented, confused, disoriented
3. spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed
- lost souls
- a lost generation
- a lost ship
Similar word(s): cursed, curst, lost, cursed, damned, doomed, unredeemed, unsaved, destroyed, ruined, unregenerate, unregenerated
4. not gained or won
- a lost battle
- a lost prize
Similar word(s): confiscate, forfeit, forfeited
5. incapable of being recovered or regained
- his lost honor
Similar word(s): irrecoverable, unrecoverable
6. not caught with the senses or the mind
- words lost in the din
Similar word(s): incomprehensible, uncomprehensible, missed
7. deeply absorbed in thought
- lost in thought
Similar word(s): thoughtful, bemused, preoccupied
8. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment
- she felt lost on the first day of school
Similar word(s): perplexed, baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, mazed
9. unable to function; without help
Similar word(s): hopeless, helpless
Sentences with lost as an adjective:
- The children were soon lost in the forest.
- Deep beneath the ocean, the Titanic was lost to the world.
- an island lost in a fog; a person lost in a crowd
- a lost limb; lost honour
- a lost day; a lost opportunity or benefit
- a ship lost at sea; a woman lost to virtue; a lost soul
- lost to shame; lost to all sense of honour
- to be lost in thought
verb
1. simple past tense and past participle of lose