lose
Fail to win
Lose is a verb that equates with defeat: I bet the Patriots will lose again over the weekend.
For quantity, lose is the opposite of gain: Analyists predict that the stock market will lose all of the gains from the previous week.
If you lose something, it is either taken from you (like a job), or you cannot remember where you left it (like your keys).
If you lose power, you may have no electricity or you may no longer hold a position of authority.
Lose through carelessness
disappear · missing · whereabouts · retrace · locate · find · scattered · mislaid
Spoil through incompetence
- bungleFail through clumsiness
- fumbleHandle with clumsy fingers
- blunderFoolish, costly mistake
- chokeObstruct breathing or airflow
squander · blow · miss · forfeit · default · disqualify · collapse · falter
Cast off naturally
- dropFall or release
- reduceMake smaller in degree
- trimRemove unwanted edges
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
shrink · decline · dwindle · deplete · drain · fade · wane · erode
Grieve for the dead
- bereavedDeprived by death
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
- anguishIntense mental suffering
devastation · emptiness · longing · yearning · irreplaceable · cherished · memorial · remembrance
Having lost a contest
- conqueredDefeated and took control
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- outplayedDefeated through better play
- bestedOvercame in a contest
outdone · trounced · crushed · routed · thrashed · clobbered · overpowered · humiliated
Had coverings removed
- robbedStolen from by force
- deprivedLacking necessities
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
- bereftDeprived through loss
without · taken · seized · confiscated · revoked · denied · forfeited · surrendered
mislay
Lose through carelessness
vanish · disappear · missing · whereabouts · retrace · locate · find · scattered · mislaid · gone
botch
Spoil through incompetence
choke · squander · blow · miss · forfeit · default · disqualify · collapse · falter · stumble
shed
Cast off naturally
decrease · shrink · decline · dwindle · deplete · drain · fade · wane · erode · slip away
mourn
Grieve for the dead
- bereavedDeprived by death
- sorrowDeep emotional distress
- heartbreakCrushing emotional pain
anguish · devastation · emptiness · longing · yearning · irreplaceable · cherished · memorial · remembrance · cope
beaten
Having lost a contest
- conqueredDefeated and took control
- vanquishedDefeated completely
- outplayedDefeated through better play
bested · outdone · trounced · crushed · routed · thrashed · clobbered · overpowered · humiliated · shutout
stripped
Had coverings removed
- robbedStolen from by force
- deprivedLacking necessities
- dispossessedDeprived of home or land
bereft · without · taken · seized · confiscated · revoked · denied · forfeited · surrendered · relinquished
- get lostDismissive order to leave
- lose weightReduce body mass
- lose your temperAbruptly give into anger
- lose controlFail to maintain composure
- getting lostBecoming unable to navigate
- lost and foundStation for reclaiming mislaid belongings
lost, loss, loser, losing, losses, loses, losers, lostness, lose-lose