lost /lɒst/
1. people who are destined to die soon; "the agony of the doomed was in his voice"
1. no longer in your possession or control; unable to be found or recovered; "a lost child"; "lost friends"; "his lost book"; "lost opportunities"
synset: lost
2. 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"; "the anesthetic left her completely disoriented"
synset: confused, disoriented, lost
3. spiritually or physically doomed or destroyed; "lost souls"; "a lost generation"; "a lost ship"; "the lost platoon"
synset: lost
4. not gained or won; "a lost battle"; "a lost prize"
synset: lost
5. incapable of being recovered or regained; "his lost honor"
synset: lost
6. not caught with the senses or the mind; "words lost in the din"
7. deeply absorbed in thought; "as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class"; "lost in thought"; "a preoccupied frown"
synset: bemused, lost, preoccupied
8. perplexed by many conflicting situations or statements; filled with bewilderment; "obviously bemused by his questions"; "bewildered and confused"; "a cloudy and confounded philosopher"; "just a mixed-up kid"; "she felt lost on the first day of school"
synset: baffled, befuddled, bemused, bewildered, confounded, confused, lost, mazed, mixed-up, at_sea
9. unable to function; without help
Princeton University "About WordNet." WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.
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