English-Thai Dictionary

forgetfulness

N ความ สะเพร่า ไม่ ระวัง  การ ลืม ไม่สน ใจ 

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

FORGETFULNESS

n. 1. The quality of losing the remembrance or recollection of a thing; or rather, the quality of being apt to let any thing slip from the mind.
2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
A sweet forgetfulness of human care.
3. Neglect; negligence; careless omission; inattention; as forgetfulness of duty.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

FORGETFULNESS

FORGETFULNESS For *get "ful *ness, n.

 

1. The quality of being forgetful; prononess to let slip from the mind.

 

2. Loss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion. A sweet forgetfulness of human care. Pope.

 

3. Failure to bear in mind; careless omission; inattention; as, forgetfulness of duty.

 

Syn. -- Forgetfulnes, Oblivion. Forgetfulness is Anglo-Saxon, and oblivion is Latin. The former commonly has reference to persons, and marks a state of mind, and marks a state of mind; the latter commonly has reference to things, and indicates a condition into which they are sunk. We blame a man for his forgetfulness; we speak of some old custom as buried in oblivion. But this discrimination is not strictly adhered to.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

forgetfulness

for get ful ness |fərˈgetfəlnəs | ▶noun lapse of memory: she teased him for his forgetfulness.

 

Oxford Dictionary

forgetfulness

for ¦get |ful |ness |fəˈgɛtf (ʊ )lnəs | ▶noun [ mass noun ] lapse of memory: she teased him for his forgetfulness.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

forgetfulness

forgetfulness noun 1 his excuse was forgetfulness: absentmindedness, amnesia, poor memory, a lapse of memory, vagueness, abstraction; informal scattiness. ANTONYMS reliability. 2 a forgetfulness of duty: neglect, heedlessness, carelessness, disregard; inattention, obliviousness, lack of concern, indifference. ANTONYMS heed.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

forgetfulness

forgetfulness noun 1 loss of function of some brain cells can result in forgetfulness: absent-mindedness, amnesia, poor memory, a lapse of memory, vagueness, abstraction. ANTONYMS a good memory; reliability. 2 a forgetfulness of duty: neglect, negligence, heedlessness, carelessness, disregard; inattention to, obliviousness to, indifference to; rare unmindfulness. ANTONYMS heed.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

forgetfulness

for g é t ful ness 名詞 U 物忘れ ; 健忘症 .