forgetful
Origin of forgetful
1Other words for forgetful
Other words from forgetful
- for·get·ful·ly, adverb
- for·get·ful·ness, noun
- qua·si-for·get·ful, adjective
- qua·si-for·get·ful·ly, adverb
- un·for·get·ful, adjective
- un·for·get·ful·ly, adverb
- un·for·get·ful·ness, noun
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How to use forgetful in a sentence
The explanation in every case is oversight and forgetfulness, not malice.
The Next D.C. Power Brokers: Who’ll Replace This Obama Team? | Leslie H. Gelb | December 3, 2011 | THE DAILY BEASTYou know that forgetfulness of everything which comes of a violent confident, reciprocated love.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, filsIf I land a heavy stake, or break the bank, all will be well: if not, I must go where I hope to find forgetfulness.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume III (of 3) | Charles James WillsTheir consciences told them both that either wished to conceal from the other his wickedness and forgetfulness of God.
Eric, or Little by Little | Frederic W. FarrarThe Star is shadowed by our thoughtless inhumanity to those who serve us and our forgetfulness of the needy.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays | Various
He looked down, his fingers closed over the slender neck of his glass that held the first golden stream back to forgetfulness.
The Woman Gives | Owen Johnson
British Dictionary definitions for forgetful
/ (fəˈɡɛtfʊl) /
tending to forget
(often postpositive foll by of) inattentive (to) or neglectful (of)
poetic causing loss of memory
Derived forms of forgetful
- forgetfully, adverb
- forgetfulness, noun
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