Antonyms for forgetfulness


Grammar : Noun
Spell : fer-get-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : fərˈgɛt fəl


Definition of forgetfulness

Origin :
  • late 14c., from forget + -ful. Related: Forgetfully; forgetfulness.
  • noun consistent inability to remember
Example sentences :
  • When souls have loved, there is no falsehood or forgetfulness.
  • Extract from : « Other Tales and Sketches » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • But it was not to be drifted up with the sand of forgetfulness!
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • I confess that, when I beheld you in the ante room, I blushed for my past forgetfulness.
  • Extract from : « Calderon The Courtier » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • And what a desert for eternal rest, forgetfulness of all the world!
  • Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
  • All the wealth of this world cannot buy peace for Henry Dunbar, or forgetfulness.
  • Extract from : « Henry Dunbar » by M. E. Braddon
  • Her hand had strayed lightly over his hair in that instant of forgetfulness.
  • Extract from : « Louisiana Lou » by William West Winter
  • He would never have lapsed into forgetfulness if the bell had not ceased to ring.
  • Extract from : « Abbe Mouret's Transgression » by Emile Zola
  • The solitude I had found, the forgetfulness, of course, I had not.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • This disdain, this forgetfulness, has been carefully fostered by Germany and Russia.
  • Extract from : « The Destroyer » by Burton Egbert Stevenson
  • He was robbed of everything; robbed of his passion, of his liberty, of forgetfulness, of consolation.
  • Extract from : « An Outcast of the Islands » by Joseph Conrad

Synonyms for forgetfulness

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