Oxford Thesaurus - An A-Z Dictionary Of Synonyms

are in place to stem the loss of parkland. 3 disadvantage,

detriment, harm, impairment, injury, damage: I don't regard

Wentworth's resignation as any great loss. 4 waste, wastage,

wasting, squandering: The loss of time was owing to a train

delay. 5 defeat, set-back, disadvantage, disappointment,

failure, downfall, collapse, breakdown, ruin; drubbing,

trouncing: His loss is my gain. 6 Often, losses. debit(s),

liability (liabilities), negative cash flow: The company wrote

off the losses. 7 Often, losses. death, dying, passing, demise,

destruction, extermination, extinction, annihilation: The loss

from disease was overwhelming. What losses did they suffer in

the battle?

lost

adj. 1 gone, departed, vanished, strayed; missing, mislaid,

misplaced, irrecoverable: They found my lost dog. The airline

told me that my bag was lost. 2 wasted, misspent, gone by the

board, squandered, down the drain, spent, exhausted, Colloq out

of the window: The new arrangement is resulting in a lot of

time lost. I watched another lost opportunity slip by. 3

confused, baffled, perplexed, puzzled, mystified, bewildered,

confounded, adrift, helpless, disoriented, at sea, astray: I am

totally lost when it comes to high finance. 4 forgotten,

bygone, extinct, past, obsolete, vanished, buried: Good writing

needn't be a lost art. 5 dead, extinct, departed, fallen, late:

We held a memorial service for our lost comrades. 6 destroyed,

demolished, devastated, ruined, wrecked, irreparable,

unsalvageable, irreclaimable, irremediable: After the expos‚ in

the newspaper, his name was consigned to the limbo of lost

reputations. 7 damned, cursed, accursed, abandoned, corrupt,

fallen, wanton, unchaste, dissolute: Unrepentant sinners are

lost souls. 8 hopeless, distraught, distracted, desperate,

frantic, frenzied: He had the lost look of a cornered fugitive.

lot

n. 1 collection, batch, consignment, assortment, group,

portion, set, quantity, grouping, apportionment: They are

expecting a new lot of furniture this afternoon. 2 luck,

fortune, destiny, fate, kismet, plight, doom, end: It seems to

be my lot to stay in the same place all my life. 3 lottery,

drawing, raffle, drawing lots or straws: The winner will be

decided by lot. 4 share, portion, division, interest, part,

allotment, assignment, apportionment, ration, allowance:

Marguerite was bequeathed the house, while my lot included the

paintings. 5 a lot or lots. a a good or great deal: You have a

lotion

n. cream, liniment, balm, salve, ointment, embrocation,

unguent, pomade: The doctor said to rub in some of this lotion

twice a day.

lottery

n. raffle, sweepstake, drawing, pool, Brit tombola: I've never

known anyone who won anything in the national lottery.

loud

adj. 1 deafening, ear-splitting, booming, blaring, stentorian,

--n. 2 sitting-room, salon, front room, parlour: Mother

insisted that we entertain visitors in the lounge. 3 lobby,

foyer, waiting-room, reception (room), vestibule: I was waiting

in the lounge when the doctor returned. 4 cocktail lounge,

(lounge or saloon) bar: We went into the lounge and ordered a

drink. 5 sofa, couch, divan, studio couch, day-bed, settee,

settle, love-seat, chaise longue; causeuse, tˆte-…-tˆte; US and

Canadian Davenport: The psychoanalyst has a lounge on which you

lie while talking to him.

lour

v. 1 lower, darken, threaten, menace, loom: The clouds loured:

she suddenly began to feel afraid. 2 lower, frown, scowl,

glower; sulk, pout, mope: He said nothing, but loured at me

affectionate, charming, enchanting: She has the most lovable

little baby boy.

love

n. 1 warmth, affection, attachment, fondness, tenderness,

devotion, attraction, friendship, amity, regard, admiration,

fancy, adoration, adulation, ardour, passion, fervour, rapture,

infatuation: Her love for him grew over the years. 2 liking,

delight, enjoyment, pleasure, fondness, attraction,

predilection, bent, leaning, proclivity, inclination,

disposition, weakness, partiality, preference, taste, relish,

passion: In his retirement, Charles has developed a love for

golf. 3 darling, beloved, sweetheart, sweetie, sweet, honey,

dear one, dearest, angel, turtle-dove, true-love, light of one's

life, lover, paramour, mate, intended, betrothed; girlfriend,

inamorata, lady-love, young lady, fianc‚e; boyfriend, beau,

inamorato, suitor, swain, young man, fianc‚, Archaic leman,

tally, US POSSLQ (= 'Person of the Opposite Sex Sharing Living

Quarters'), Colloq girl, woman, guy, man: Let me tell you

something, my love. Come live with me and be my love. 4

sympathy, tenderness, concern, charity, care, solicitude,

affinity, rapport, harmony, brotherhood, sisterhood,

fellow-feeling: He has great love for his fellow human beings.

5 love affair. a amour, liaison, affair, romance, relationship,

affaire de coeur, intrigue: He's been having a love affair with

his secretary. b passion, mania, Colloq thing: George allows

nothing to interfere with his love affair with tennis. 6 make

love (to) or (with). embrace, cuddle, caress, fondle, have

sexual intercourse, Archaic take, know, Colloq neck, pet,

canoodle, romance, have sex, make the beast with two backs, US

and Canadian make out; Taboo slang screw, fuck, hump, bang, Brit

roger, bonk: He still makes love to his wife even though they

are both in their eighties.

--v. 7 cherish, admire, adore, be in love with, lose one's

heart to, worship, idolize, dote on, treasure, be infatuated

with, think the world of, adulate, hold dear, like, Colloq be

hung up on, be crazy or nuts or wild or mad about, have a crush

on: Only after ten years of friendship did she discover that

she loved him. 8 delight in, take pleasure in, derive pleasure

or enjoyment from, relish, be partial to, have a passion or

preference or taste for, be attracted to, be captivated by, be

fond of, like, enjoy, appreciate, value, Colloq get a kick from

or out of, be wild about, be thrilled by, US get a bang or

charge from or out of: She loves chocolates. I just love your

new dress! Love me, love my dog.

n. billet-doux, Archaic mash note: She saved all his love

letters.

lovely

adj. 1 good-looking, pretty, handsome, attractive, comely,

fair, fetching, engaging, captivating, alluring, enticing,

bewitching, ravishing, gorgeous, beautiful, beauteous,

pulchritudinous: Larry has two lovely daughters. The house has

a lovely view of Lake Windermere. 2 satisfying, satisfactory,

agreeable, enjoyable, gratifying, nice, pleasing, pleasant,

pleasurable, engaging, delightful: What a lovely way to spend

an evening!

lover

n. See love, 3, above.

low°

adj. 1 short, squat, little, small, stubby, stumpy, stunted;

low-lying: The terrain has many low shrubs, not more than two

feet tall. 2 inadequate, insufficient, deficient, down, short,

lumpý

v. Usually, lump it. allow, tolerate, suffer, put up with,

bear, stand, brook, endure: I'm afraid you'll just have to lump

it, whether you like it or not.

lumpy

adj. chunky, bumpy, uneven, granular, grainy: Mix the batter

till it is no longer lumpy.

lunacy

n. 1 madness, insanity, dementia, craziness, derangement,

lunge

n. 1 thrust, jab,, strike: He was impaled by the first lunge

of the sword. 2 dive, plunge, rush, leap, jump, spring, pounce:

I made a lunge for the knife but missed.

--v. 3 dive, plunge, charge, pounce, dash, bound, jump; thrust,

stab, strike, hit, jab, cut: He lunged at her with his machete.

lurch°

n. leave in the lurch. desert, abandon, forsake; drop, jilt:

He left her in the lurch, waiting at the church.

lurchý

n. 1 stagger, sway, pitch; list, tilt, toss: The man gave a

sudden lurch, knocking the vase from my hands.

--v. 2 stagger, sway, stumble; roll, tilt, veer, pitch, list,

heel, wallow: He lurched into the room, a dagger protruding

from his back. The ship lurched dangerously in a heavy sea.

lure

v. 1 tempt, attract, induce, coax, inveigle, seduce, draw in,

entice, lead on, decoy, charm, persuade, allure, catch: She

lured me into the trap of believing that she loved me.

--n. 2 bait, decoy, attraction, temptation, inducement, magnet,

siren song, charm, US drawing card, Slang come-on: Too many

na‹ve people fall for the lure of easy money.

lurid

adj. 1 sensational, vivid, shocking, startling, graphic,

melodramatic: The tabloids delight in a lurid scandal. 2

ghastly, horrid, horrifying, horrendous, gory, grisly, gruesome,

macabre, revolting, disgusting, appalling, frightful, terrible,

awful: Every lurid detail of the massacre was shown on TV. 3

pale, ashen, sallow, wan, pallid, ghastly, baleful: From the

lurid shade of his skin, I could see he had some horrible

affliction. 4 glaring, fiery, flaming, burning, aglow, glowing,

glowering: The burning city cast a lurid light in the sky.

lurk

v. skulk, slink, prowl, steal, sneak, hide, (lie in) wait, lie

low: The muggers were lurking in the shadows, waiting for a

victim.

tarts.

lush

adj. 1 luxuriant, thick, lavish, flourishing, verdant, green,

dense, overgrown, thick, exuberant: The walls were covered with

a lush growth of ivy. 2 juicy, succulent, mouth-watering,

fresh, moist, ripe: We ate lush pears that we picked straight

from the tree. 3 palatial, extravagant, elaborate, luxurious,

opulent, sumptuous, Colloq ritzy, plush: The bridal suite is

the lushest accommodation they offer.

lust

n. 1 sensuality, libido, libidinousness, sexuality,

lustfulness, concupiscence, sexual appetite, Slang horniness:

The nouveaux riches spend much of their time and money

satisfying their lust. 2 desire, drive, energy, voracity,

avidity, avidness, ambition, ravenousness: Henry has an

infectious enthusiasm and lust for life.

--v. 3 lust after. desire, crave, hunger or thirst or hanker

for or after, ache for: Barney was lusting after the barmaid at

The Two Magpies.