| noun | people who are destined to die soon “the agony of the doomed was in his voice” |
| verb | fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense “She lost her purse when she left it unattended on her seat” |
| verb | fail to win “We lost the battle but we won the war” |
| verb | suffer the loss of a person through death or removal “She lost her husband in the war” |
| verb | place (something) where one cannot find it again “I misplaced my eyeglasses” |
| verb | miss from one's possessions; lose sight of “I've lost my glasses again!” |
| verb | allow to go out of sight “The detective lost the man he was shadowing after he had to stop at a red light” |
| verb | fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit “I lost thousands of dollars on that bad investment!” |
| verb | fail to get or obtain “I lost the opportunity to spend a year abroad” |
| verb | retreat |
| verb | fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind “I missed that remark” |
| verb | be set at a disadvantage “This author really suffers in translation” |
| adjective | no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered “a lost child” |
| adjective | having lost your bearings; confused as to time or place or personal identity “I frequently find myself disoriented when I come up out of the subway” |
| adjective | spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed “lost souls” |
| adjective | not gained or won “a lost battle” |
| adjective | incapable of being recovered or regained “his lost honor” |
| adjective | not caught with the senses or the mind “words lost in the din” |
| adjective | deeply absorbed in thought “as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class” |
| adjective | perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment “obviously bemused by his questions” |
| adjective | unable to function; without help |
| doomed | adjective | marked for certain death |
| loser | noun | a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently |
| losings | noun | something lost (especially money lost at gambling) |
| recession | noun | the act of ceding back |
| receding | noun | the act of becoming more distant |
| confusedness | noun | a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior |
| preoccupancy | noun | the mental state of being preoccupied by something |
| helplessness | noun | a feeling of being unable to manage |