Another word for losing | Synonyms for losing

Another word for losing

losing Synonyms

losing

modif.

Said of one who loses
failing, falling, undone, defeated, worsted, ruined, doomed, being wrecked, being destroyed, being shorn of, being denuded, being deprived of, being bereft of, having the worst of it, coming to grief, quit of*, on the way out*; see also sad 2.
Said of an activity in which one must lose
futile, desperate, lost; see hopeless 2.

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Another word for losing

noun

The act or an instance of losing something:

loss, misplacement. See get

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Worse, she was losing her grip on the magic within her.
Losing Josh was like losing a brother.
It's tough losing a father.
She never thought she had a chance of losing this round.
I've been losing some good ones.

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