Antonyms for loss
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : laws, los |
| Phonetic Transcription : lɔs, lɒs |
Definition of loss
Origin :- Old English los "loss, destruction," from Proto-Germanic *lausa- (see lose). The modern word, however, probably evolved 14c. with a weaker sense, from lost, the original past participle of lose. Phrase at a loss (1590s) originally refers to hounds losing the scent. To cut (one's) losses is from 1885, originally in finance.
- noun misfortune, deficit; something misplaced or lost
- She might die, and if he ever returned it would be to realize the loss he had sustained.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- Was it not over soon after the loss of the good grandmother?
- Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- I am glad you mentioned that word, because we should have been at a loss what to have called it.
- Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
- The saddest part of loss, I think, is that one so soon gets over it.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Other millions began to fear the loss of their money and possessions.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- His loss before the fort was about one hundred and fifty men.
- Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
- I was rather at a loss for names of reference to these parts.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- It is loss for the one who departs as well as for those who remain behind.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Poulson mentions the loss of three structures between 1776 and 1816.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- He found himself wholly at a loss before the woman's unexpected reply.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
Synonyms for loss
- accident
- bad luck
- bereavement
- calamity
- casualty
- cataclysm
- catastrophe
- cost
- damage
- death
- debit
- debt
- defeat
- deficiency
- depletion
- deprivation
- destitution
- destruction
- detriment
- disadvantage
- disappearance
- disaster
- dispossession
- failure
- fall
- fatality
- forfeiture
- harm
- hurt
- impairment
- injury
- losing
- misadventure
- mishap
- mislaying
- misplacing
- need
- perdition
- privation
- retardation
- ruin
- sacrifice
- shrinkage
- squandering
- trial
- trouble
- undoing
- want
- waste
- wreckage
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