amnesiac

variants or amnesic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for amnesiac
Adjective
  • Back on the domestic front, Jeanine has reason to believe that her husband, Paul (Mark O’Brien), is having an affair with her senile mother’s caregiver.
    Michael Rechtshaffen, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Don Quixote himself is too often a senile dodderer; Daniel Rubin was creaky in body but youthfully quixotic in spirit.
    Jeffrey Gantz, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2023
Adjective
  • Philadelphia’s defense seemed dazed and ill-prepared for Dart’s precision, composure and dual-threat ability.
    Andy Behrens, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • With scraggly hair and beard and a dazed countenance of man waking up from an unspeakable dream, Reeves brings the tender vulnerability to his Estragon (aka Gogo).
    Frank Rizzo, Variety, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • As Friday’s stabbing incident involving NFL alum Mark Sanchez slowly comes into focus, the team at Fox Sports seems to be just as bewildered as the rest of us.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 5 Oct. 2025
  • Hair disheveled, a dazed and bewildered look in his eyes, the coach trudged into his own dressing room to regroup and get a rundown of a growing list of injuries.
    Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • This is not to say that Woody was oblivious to my problems.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • In terms of emotions, these Red Sox — and a goodly number of their fans — are just doing their thing, seemingly oblivious of the Yankees.
    Steve Buckley, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That’s a pattern that so far defies logic, and everyone seems too preoccupied by other dramas to make the connection.
    Scott Tobias, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Signs of life from defensive sectors and consumer cyclicals wobbling might suggest the market is more preoccupied with near-term downside macroeconomic risk, as we likely are headed into a government shutdown and an official-data vacuum.
    Michael Santoli, CNBC, 30 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • For the third straight year, the Cincinnati Bengals are in the midst of what looks like a lost season.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Warner played all 17 games for the 49ers last year amid a lost season, including 13 games after fracturing his ankle.
    Jerry McDonald, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Maybe gardeners are just genetically programmed to be forgetful.
    Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In a forgetful, self-erasing city like Los Angeles, the Palisades prized its history and its sense of place.
    Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • Kendall took off his shirt, unmindful of the scar slashing down his torso.
    Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The unmindful construction planning, noise and light pollution, and Tesla traffic jams have meanwhile done nothing to endear the diner to those living nearby — the lifeblood of most successful restaurants — and anti-Musk demonstrators are organizing a series of protests at the location.
    Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 27 July 2025
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“Amnesiac.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/amnesiac. Accessed 17 Oct. 2025.

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