Forgetful definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary FORGET'FUL, a. 1. Apt to forget; easily losing the remembrance of. A forgetful man should use helps to strengthen his memory. 2. Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Hebrews 13. 3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious; as forgetful draughts. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) 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 ... of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw [syn: unmindful, forgetful, mindless] [ant: aware, mindful] 3: failing to keep in ...
FORGET; FORGETFUL definitions International Standard Bible Encyclopedia for-get', for-get'-ful ... things which are behind," has the force of leaving behind. "Forgetful" in Jas 1:25 is epilesmone, the Revised Version (British ...
... of indifference. Behold the wonders of th' oblivious lake. 2. Forgetful. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adj 1: (followed by `to ... responsibility" [syn: oblivious, unmindful] 2: failing to keep in mind; "forgetful of her responsibilities"; "oblivious old age" [syn: forgetful, oblivious] Merriam Webster's adjective Date: 15th century 1. lacking ... noun Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. 1 (often foll. by of) forgetful, unmindful. 2 (foll. by to, of) unaware or unconscious of ... She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. --Longfellow. 2. Evincing oblivion; forgetful. Through are both weak in body and oblivious. --Latimer. -- Obliv ... Germany seems extraordinary. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms a. Forgetful, mindless, heedless, careless, negligent, neglectful. Moby Thesaurus Lethean, absent, ...
... of his steps he stumbled"- G.B.Shaw [syn: unmindful, forgetful, mindless] [ant: aware, mindful] 2: (followed by `to' or `of ... of English Synonyms a. Careless, inattentive, heedless, regardless, unobservant, negligent, forgetful, mindless, oblivious. Moby Thesaurus Lethean, a stranger to, absentminded, airy ... care, disinterested, dispassionate, disregardant, disregardful, distant, distracted, distrait, easygoing, flippant, forgetful, forgetting, free and easy, heedless, impassive, impercipient, in ignorance of ...
... definitions WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) adv 1: in a forgetful manner; "she is getting old and acts forgetfully" Merriam Webster's adverb see forgetful Webster's 1913 Dictionary Forgetfully For*get"ful*ly, adv. In a forgetful manner.
absent-minded definitions Oxford Reference Dictionary adj. habitually forgetful or inattentive; with one's mind on other things. Derivatives ... In his later life he became even more absent-minded. = forgetful ADJ • absent-mindedly Elizabeth absent-mindedly picked a thread from ... daydreamy, distracted, distrait, dreaming, dreamy, drowsing, ecstatic, elsewhere, engrossed, faraway, forgetful, forgetting, half-awake, heedless, in a reverie, in a trance ...
... Late Latin lethargia, from Greek l?thargia, from l?thargos forgetful, lethargic, irregular from l?th? Date: 14th century 1. abnormal ... OF litargie f. LL lethargia f. Gk lethargia f. lethargos forgetful f. leth-, lanthanomai forget Webster's 1913 Dictionary Lethargy Leth ... e]thargie, L. lethargia, Gr. lhqargi`a, fr. lh`qargos forgetful, fr. lh`qh forgetfulness. See Lethe.] 1. Morbid drowsiness; continued ...
... Judas, urging him to marry and lead a quiet life, forgetful of the king's command until Alcimus accused him to ... Judas, urging him to marry and lead a quiet life, forgetful of the king's command until Alcimus accused him to ...
... increased as he grew older" Merriam Webster's noun see forgetful Webster's 1913 Dictionary Forgetfulness For*get"ful*ness, n. 1. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind. 2. Loss of ...
... retentive mind"; "tenacious memory" [syn: retentive, recollective, long, tenacious] [ant: forgetful, short, unretentive] 2: having the capacity to retain something 3 ... retain (moisture etc.). 2 (of memory or a person) not forgetful. 3 Surgery (of a ligature etc.) serving to keep something ...
... She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. --Longfellow. 2. Evincing oblivion; forgetful. Through are both weak in body and oblivious. --Latimer. -- Obliv ...