loss
Gain's polar opposite
Loss is the state of no longer having something you once had.
The word applies broadly: loss of life, loss of income, loss of faith, loss of appetite.
A loss in business is money spent exceeding money earned.
In sports, a loss is a defeat: The team's first loss came in week six.
To be at a loss is to be uncertain how to proceed.
Cut your losses means stop before things get worse.
Deficiency or absence
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- voidWithout legal effect
- gapUnfilled space between
emptiness · vacancy · disappearance · deficiency · shortage · want · dearth · longing
Deep emotional distress
- anguishIntense mental suffering
- heartacheDeep emotional distress
- despairTotal absence of hope
- lamentationPassionate expression of grief
melancholy · bereft · tears · misery · trauma · woe · grieving · pain
Period following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
- eulogyTribute for the dead
wake · widow · orphan · obituary · memorial · cemetery · remembrance · shiva
Amount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- debtMoney owed another
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
- bankruptcyLegal status when insolvent
write-off · liability · arrears · red · depletion · underperformance · default · revenue
Economic decline period
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- erosionGradual wearing away
- slumpExtended period of decline
drop · fall · diminution · contraction · shrinkage · ebb · wane · plunge
Reverse in progress
- failureLack of success
- upsetDisturb, topple, or shock
- beatenHaving lost a contest
- vanquishedDefeated completely
shutout · rout · blowout · comeback · underdog · elimination · tournament · championship
Something presented or given
- altarSacred ritual table
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- atonementCompensation for wrongdoing
- immolationSacrificial killing, often burning
oblation · selflessness · martyrdom · devotion · consecration · propitiation · renunciation · giving
lack
Deficiency or absence
- missingNot present, whereabouts unknown
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
- voidWithout legal effect
gap · emptiness · vacancy · disappearance · deficiency · shortage · want · dearth · longing · yearning
sorrow
Deep emotional distress
lamentation · melancholy · bereft · tears · misery · trauma · woe · grieving · pain · coping
mourning
Period following loss
- griefIntense sorrow from loss
- funeralService honoring the dead
- condolenceExpression of shared grief
eulogy · wake · widow · orphan · obituary · memorial · cemetery · remembrance · shiva · interment
deficit
Amount still owed
- shortfallFailure to reach quota
- debtMoney owed another
- insolvencyInability to pay debts
bankruptcy · write-off · liability · arrears · red · depletion · underperformance · default · revenue · earnings
downturn
Economic decline period
- decreaseBecome or make smaller
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- erosionGradual wearing away
slump · drop · fall · diminution · contraction · shrinkage · ebb · wane · plunge · dip
setback
Reverse in progress
vanquished · shutout · rout · blowout · comeback · underdog · elimination · tournament · championship · game
offering
Something presented or given
immolation · oblation · selflessness · martyrdom · devotion · consecration · propitiation · renunciation · giving · surrender
pounds
Mass measurement units
shedding · metabolism · calories · fat · fitness · exercise · regimen · plateau · goal · maintenance
- Money & Financecurrency, cash, coins, bills, wages
- financial termswealth, asset, currency, balance sheet, audit
- griefgrief, mourning, bereavement, sorrow, grieving
- trade & commercetrade, exports, imports, tariffs, merchant
- decreasesreduction, decline, drop, fall, decrease
- defeatdefeat, beaten, conquered, vanquished, rout
lossgain
Positive return received
acquisition · find · finding · possession · keeping
- 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
lose, lost, loser, losing, losses, losers, lossy, lostness, lossless