lost dream
Abandoned hope remembered
A lost dream is an aspiration or ambition that was once held but has been abandoned, forgotten, or rendered impossible by circumstance.
The phrase carries a sense of wistfulness or regret—dreams are lost to time, practicality, or life's detours: She thought about her lost dream of becoming a dancer.
Lost dreams may resurface later in life, sometimes pursued again, sometimes mourned.
- fadedLost original color
- forgottenNo longer recalled
- abandonedLeft behind completely
- shatteredBroken into fragments
- vanishedDisappeared from sight
slipped away · wistful · longing · regret · nostalgia · road not taken · unfulfilled · broken · memory · ghost · youth · hope · ambition · distant past · fleeting · slipping · waking · waking up
- dreamsnightmare, daydream, nightmares, daydreams, REM sleep