Synonyms for forgetfulness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : fer-get-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : fərˈgɛt fəl |
Top 10 synonyms for forgetfulness
Définition of forgetfulness
Origin :- late 14c., from forget + -ful. Related: Forgetfully; forgetfulness.
- noun consistent inability to remember
- When souls have loved, there is no falsehood or forgetfulness.
- Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- But it was not to be drifted up with the sand of forgetfulness!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- I confess that, when I beheld you in the ante room, I blushed for my past forgetfulness.
- Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- And what a desert for eternal rest, forgetfulness of all the world!
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- All the wealth of this world cannot buy peace for Henry Dunbar, or forgetfulness.
- Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
- Her hand had strayed lightly over his hair in that instant of forgetfulness.
- Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
- He would never have lapsed into forgetfulness if the bell had not ceased to ring.
- Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
- The solitude I had found, the forgetfulness, of course, I had not.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- This disdain, this forgetfulness, has been carefully fostered by Germany and Russia.
- Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
- He was robbed of everything; robbed of his passion, of his liberty, of forgetfulness, of consolation.
- Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad
Antonyms for forgetfulness
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