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vanished

vanished

1 4.4
No longer present or existing
  • adjective
  • /ˈvænɪʃt/
translation icon : desaparecido
  • I felt like all my stress and anxiety vanished when they came and I feel very, very well rested.

Examples

  • When night falls and the light has vanished, there are ghosts wandering around this area.

  • April literally vanished before my eyes and the same thing is happening with May.

  • All of these have vanished in the loss suffered by the self in absolute freedom.

  • Sitting alone, the birds have vanished into deep skies.

  • Very real, and I think it's OK to lament that an important goal you set for yourself has simply vanished from the landscape for a minute.

  • The work expresses intense feelings of love and longing, not only for his vanished mentor, but for the divine Creator.

  • Vanished, too, is the tabloid piñata with his colorful love life, personal drama (including a stint in rehab), and career highs and lows.

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  • The magician made the rabbit vanished from the hat in an instant.

  • Once the sun set, the vibrant colors of the sky vanished into the darkness of night.

  • The ancient ruins had vanished over the years, leaving only traces of their existence behind.

Synonyms

gone
vsvanished
1.0

No longer present or available

often implies temporary not being there rather than permanent cessation
absent
vsvanished
139 1.0

Not present where expected or not existing when needed

often means temporarily missing rather than having ceased to exist entirely
extinct
vsvanished
102 3.6

No living members remain of a species or language

focuses on dying out as the process rather than neutral cessation
out of sight
vsvanished
65 2.8

You cannot see it from here

refers only to lack of visibility, not to actual complete disappearance
nonexistent
vsvanished
52 4.8

Not real or present

implies the thing used to exist but now no longer does
no longer with us
vsvanished
4 7.5

A polite phrase to say someone is dead or something no longer exists

is the direct neutral statement about the thing no longer existing
nonextant
vsvanished
  • Formal
9.9

Not existing any more

is the common neutral phrase for that same state
obliterated
vsvanished
6.5

Completely destroyed so nothing is left

describes the same end but without implying violent destruction
extinguished
vsvanished
  • Specialized
7.2

A learned behavior that stops because it no longer gets a reward

applies to trained reactions and not general ceasing to exist

Antonyms

392 1.0

Being in a place or at an event

How Gone

vanished
1 4.4
gone
1.0
missing
809 1.0
present
392 1.0

Surface Forms

vanished positive

Morphology

vanished = vanish (transparent) = vanish + ed

The adjective/past participle is a direct, regular formation from the verb 'vanish' with the past-participle/adjectival '-ed' and preserves the verb's meaning.

Etymology

Vanished comes from the Latin root vanus meaning 'empty' and the old verb evanescere meaning 'to disappear'. Think of something becoming empty and gone, which is why vanished means 'no longer present'.