Meanings
nounforgetfulness (usually uncountable, plural forgetfulnesses)
plural forgetfulnesses
- uncountableusuallyThe quality of being forgetful; proneness to let slip from the mind.
- uncountableusuallyLoss of remembrance or recollection; a ceasing to remember; oblivion.
Synonyms & antonyms
Also see
Origin
- Middle Englishforgetfulnes
- Englishforgetfulness
From Middle English forgetfulnes, forgetfulnesse, forȝetfulnesse, equivalent to forgetful + -ness.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἐπιλησμονή, λήθη
- ἐπιλησμονή (epilēsmonḗ)proneness to let slip from the mind
- λήθη (lḗthē)loss of remembrance
Czech zapomnětlivost
- zapomnětlivostproneness to let slip from the mind
Danish glemsomhed, forglemmelse
- glemsomhedproneness to let slip from the mind
- forglemmelsefailure to bear in mind
Dutch vergeetachtigheid, vergetelheid
- vergeetachtigheidproneness to let slip from the mind
- vergetelheidproneness to let slip from the mind
Esperanto forgesemo, forgeso
- forgesemoproneness to let slip from the mind
- forgesoloss of remembrance
Finnish muistamattomuus, huonomuistisuus
- muistamattomuusproneness to let slip from the mind
- huonomuistisuusproneness to let slip from the mind
- hajamielisyysproneness to let slip from the mind
- unohteluproneness to let slip from the mind
- unohdusloss of remembrance
- muistinmenetysloss of remembrance
- unohtaminenloss of remembrance
- unohdusfailure to bear in mind
- unohtaminenfailure to bear in mind
French étourderie, oubli
- étourderieproneness to let slip from the mind
- oubliloss of remembrance
German Vergesslichkeit, Vergessen
- Vergesslichkeitproneness to let slip from the mind
- Vergessenloss of remembrance
- Vergessenheitloss of remembrance
- Vergessenheitfailure to bear in mind
Hindi भुलावट, फ़रामोशी
- भुलावट (bhulāvaṭ)proneness to let slip from the mind
- फ़रामोशी (farāmośī)proneness to let slip from the mind
- भुलक्कड़पन (bhulakkaṛpan)proneness to let slip from the mind
Hungarian feledékenység
- feledékenységproneness to let slip from the mind
Latin oblivio, oblivium
- oblivioproneness to let slip from the mind
- obliviumproneness to let slip from the mind
- immemoratioproneness to let slip from the mind
- oblivioloss of remembrance
- obliviumloss of remembrance
Latvian aizmāršība, aizmirstība
- aizmāršībaproneness to let slip from the mind
- aizmirstībaloss of remembrance
- aizmirsībafailure to bear in mind
Norwegian Bokmål glemsomhet, glemsomhet
- glemsomhetproneness to let slip from the mind
- glemsomhetloss of remembrance
- forglemmelsefailure to bear in mind
Polish amnezja, niepamięć
- amnezjaproneness to let slip from the mind
- niepamięćproneness to let slip from the mind
Portuguese esquecimento, esquecimento
- esquecimentoproneness to let slip from the mind
- esquecimentoloss of remembrance
- olvidoloss of remembrance
- esquecimentofailure to bear in mind
- olvidofailure to bear in mind
Russian забы́вчивость
- забы́вчивость (zabývčivostʹ)proneness to let slip from the mind
Spanish desmemoria, mala memoria
- desmemoriaproneness to let slip from the mind
- mala memoriaproneness to let slip from the mind
- poca memoriaproneness to let slip from the mind
- memoria de polloproneness to let slip from the mind
- olvidoloss of remembrance
- pérdida de memorialoss of remembrance
- desmemoriafailure to bear in mind
- mala memoriafailure to bear in mind
- poca memoriafailure to bear in mind
- memoria de pollofailure to bear in mind
Swedish glömska, minnesförlust
- glömskaproneness to let slip from the mind
- minnesförlustloss of remembrance
- glömskafailure to bear in mind
Tamil மறதி, மறதி
- மறதி (maṟati)proneness to let slip from the mind
- மறதி (maṟati)loss of remembrance
- கவனக்குறைவு (kavaṉakkuṟaivu)failure to bear in mind
Turkish unutkanlık
- unutkanlıkproneness to let slip from the mind
Urdu فراموشی
- فراموشی (farāmōshī)proneness to let slip from the mind
Welsh anghofrwydd, angof
- anghofrwyddproneness to let slip from the mind
- angofloss of remembrance
- anghofrwyddfailure to bear in mind
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forgetfulness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/forgetfulness
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