oblivious

Speech parts

1. oblivious - Adjective

2. oblivious - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness.

Evincing oblivion; forgetful.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

forgetful unmindful blithe unacquainted absorbed absent blind unconscious deaf diverted ignorant distracted dreaming preoccupied insensitive
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Antonyms

conversant rapt concerned focused aware familiar
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Related terms

oblivion oblivious transfer

Phrases with the word

cache-oblivious be oblivious to be oblivious less oblivious oblivious to oblivious of

Examples

The strong equilibrium point f just described is one of "unrelenting ferocity" against offenders. It exhibits a zeal for meting out justice that is entirely oblivious to the sometimes dire consequences to oneself or to the other faitheful--i. e., those who have not deviated. Robert Aumann

We may be surrounded by some greater reality, to which we are oblivious. And even if we could somehow perceive it in some entirely new way, it is extremely doubtful we would be able to comprehend what we perceived. Louis Sachar

They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else, quite oblivious of the fact that if either of them did anything of the kind he would cease to be an artist. Oscar Wilde

Part of it is living in Tennessee. I'm so out of the loop. And as a person, I'm out of the loop. I'm oblivious by nature. Ann Patchett

I am: yet what I am none cares or knows, My friends forsake me like a memory lost: I am the self-consumer of my woes, They rise and vanish in oblivious host, Like shades in love and death's oblivion lost: And yet I am, and live with shadows tost. John Clare

Jesus! Did I SAY that? Or just think it? Was I talking? Did they hear me? I glanced over at my attorney, but he seemed oblivious... Hunter S. Thompson

Close letter words and terms

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