loss synonyms

loss

n.

  1. The act or fact of losing

    ruin, destruction, perdition, mishap, misfortune, forfeiture, giving up, bereavement, ill fortune, misadventure, ill luck, accident, calamity, trouble, disaster, death, sacrifice, catastrophe, cataclysm, trial, failure, misplacing, mislaying.

  2. Damage suffered by loss, sense 1

    hurt, injury, wound; see damage 1, 2.

  3. The result of unprofitable activity

    privation, want, bereavement, deprivation, need, destitution, being without, lack, waste, deterioration, impairment, degeneration, retrogression, retardation, decline, disadvantage, wreck, wreckage, extermination, eradication, extinction, undoing, dissolution, annihilation, extirpation, perdition, bane, end, undoing, disorganization, breaking up, immolation, suppression, relapse; see also bankruptcy.

    Antonyms advantage*, advancement*, supply.

at a loss

confused, puzzled, unsure, at sea; see undecided, doubtful 2.

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