forgetful
forgetful is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 2 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Heedless; careless; neglectful; inattentive. Be not forgetful to entertain strangers. Heb. xiii.
- 2.3. Causing to forget; inducing oblivion; oblivious. [Archaic or Poetic] "The forgetful wine." J. Webster.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- able
- amnesia
- amnesty
- and
- attention
- away
- back
- behind
- being
- bygone
- cast
- cause
- clean
- come
- consign
- decay
- deliberate
- die
- discharge
- ear
- efface
- escape
- fade
- fail
- failing
- failure
- fall
- fault
- forget
- forgetfulness
- forgive
- forgotten
- from
- general
- gone
- have
- head
- heedless
- insensibility
- insensible
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Definition-first questions whose answer is forgetful.
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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