lost
1
5.0
- adjective
- /lɔst/
:
absorto
- In some ways, Dante finds himself lost in a landscape.
Thinking underlies doing, so you are lost in your thoughts
- Thinking underlies doing, so you are lost in your thoughts
- And you can really get lost in it so fast, you know?
- So as writers, we get in our heads, we get lost, we overthink things.
Examples
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Lost, perhaps, in her own head.
Fiction book (1990) -
I found myself lost in a dark wood.
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She looks more lost than we've ever seen her.
Fiction book (1995) -
She seemed completely lost in thought as she stared out the window.
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During the lecture, many students appeared lost and unsure of the topic being discussed.
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As I walked through the busy streets, I felt lost in my musings, unaware of the bustling crowd around me.
Synonyms
32
4.5
Thinking so much about something that you do not notice what is happening around you
19
4.0
Not paying attention because your mind is somewhere else
7
4.2
Thinking so much that you do not notice what is around you
2
6.8
A deep daze when a person is unaware of what is happening
2
5.9
A person who often does not pay attention and forgets small things like keys
1
4.5
Paying all your attention to something because you are very interested
1
6.7
Lost in thought and not paying attention to what is around
1
9.9
Being lost in pleasant daydreams and not paying attention
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8.1
Not paying attention because you are thinking about something else
Thinking deeply about something else and not noticing what is around you
Giving all your attention to something and not noticing other things
Thinking about something all the time and not paying attention
Confused and unable to think clearly
Antonyms
Idioms
To look pleased but not fully happy after a small gain that follows a disappointment
Compounds
How Absorbed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Lost comes from the old English verb lēosan, the root of our word lose, which meant 'to be without' or 'gone'. So being lost in thought is like 'losing' your attention to the world because your mind has gone somewhere else.