amnesiac

variants or amnesic

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for amnesiac
Adjective
  • The kids can’t spell and the world leaders are senile.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • 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
Adjective
  • Glancing around the standing-room-only party, filled with joyful hugs and happy chatter as guests drank spicy margaritas and nibbled on fries in paper cones printed with quotes from the book, a dazed Brown smiled.
    Hadley Meares, HollywoodReporter, 24 Oct. 2025
  • In one of the film’s least subtle moments, a dazed Bruce is startled to attention.
    Sadie Sartini Garner, Pitchfork, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The scene where ‘80s teen Marty McFly borrows a scooter from a bewildered ‘50s kid and breaks off the handles to make a skateboard is one of the film’s most iconic moments.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Small wonder the performers emerged bewildered.
    Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • But Carpenter’s unblinking Duffy played it straight, seemingly oblivious to their panic and focusing instead on the pillow’s soft feel and comfort level.
    Paula Mejía, The Atlantic, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This is not to say that Woody was oblivious to my problems.
    Martha Ross, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • This is why economists are so preoccupied with a country’s debt-to-GDP ratio, basically whether a country is growing enough to justify its borrowing, which is projected to spiral to 156% by 2055 according to the CBO.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2025
  • WristbandGuy, for his part, was an amiable if preoccupied host.
    Daniel Kolitz, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Since 2021, Apple AirTags have been helping customers locate their lost keys, wallets, cars, and even beloved pets.
    Amelia McBride, Travel + Leisure, 23 Oct. 2025
  • After defeating and killing Godolkin, Marie, along with four of her fellow university friends/classmates and her long lost baby sister, Annabeth Moreau (Keeya King), formed a Guardians of Godolkin group and ran away, as they will surely be hunted and punished for their deeds at the university.
    Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 23 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 30 Oct. 2025.

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