Definition of amnesiac in English:
amnesiac
(also amnesic)
nounamˈniːzɪakæmˈniziæk
A person experiencing a partial or total loss of memory.
amnesiacs commonly retain many of their old skills after the onset of amnesia
Example sentencesExamples
- The judge once dated a psychotically murderous mutant amnesiac.
- Gus, an amnesiac, lies in a Vancouver hospital trying to remember who he is.
- It's an important detail that M, the amnesiac, wore a cross on a golden chain.
- Not the most expressive of actors, he plays the bewildered amnesiac suffering inner demons with mostly a quiet desperation.
- A traumatized amnesiac is transformed by an encounter with a 12-year-old girl who has been abandoned by her father.
- An amnesiac found near the tracks fits the description perfectly.
- All of them died except amnesiac Alice.
- I found solace in the knowledge that if it left me an amnesic with no personality, I wouldn't have the emotion to care.
- He's an amnesiac found left for dead with two bullet holes in his back and a tiny flashlight that reveals the code to a safe deposit box.
- Among the volunteers were five amnesiacs who had extensive brain damage in their temporal medial lobes.
adjectiveamˈniːzɪakæmˈniziæk
Experiencing or relating to a partial or total loss of memory.
the police last night launched a public appeal to help identify an amnesiac woman
she stumbles back into town in an amnesiac daze
Example sentencesExamples
- Dazed and amnesiac, she takes refuge in the apartment of Betty's aunt, who has loaned the place out to her niece.
- This frustration accurately reflects the feelings of people who live with amnesic patients.
- For convenience, he refers to the amnesiac woman as "Grace."
- We offered a full lunch to two severely amnesic people, who have no memory of having just eaten.
- The story line traces a confused, presumably amnesiac character through several episodes.
- All femmes fatales are amnesiac, in that they forget their vows.
- In this amnesiac state, we began to misperceive these symbols and writings.
- People who are not amnesiac do not forget mundane events and then suddenly remember them five years later.
- He's been missing for 24 hours and is wanted for a murder committed during his amnesiac period.
- The amnesiac state Rita is in puts her in a position of vulnerability and complete dependence.
Definition of amnesiac in US English:
amnesiac
(also amnesic)
nounæmˈniziækamˈnēzēak
A person experiencing a partial or total loss of memory.
amnesiacs commonly retain many of their old skills after the onset of amnesia
Example sentencesExamples
- A traumatized amnesiac is transformed by an encounter with a 12-year-old girl who has been abandoned by her father.
- Among the volunteers were five amnesiacs who had extensive brain damage in their temporal medial lobes.
- It's an important detail that M, the amnesiac, wore a cross on a golden chain.
- Gus, an amnesiac, lies in a Vancouver hospital trying to remember who he is.
- The judge once dated a psychotically murderous mutant amnesiac.
- All of them died except amnesiac Alice.
- An amnesiac found near the tracks fits the description perfectly.
- He's an amnesiac found left for dead with two bullet holes in his back and a tiny flashlight that reveals the code to a safe deposit box.
- Not the most expressive of actors, he plays the bewildered amnesiac suffering inner demons with mostly a quiet desperation.
- I found solace in the knowledge that if it left me an amnesic with no personality, I wouldn't have the emotion to care.
adjectiveæmˈniziækamˈnēzēak
Experiencing or relating to a partial or total loss of memory.
the police last night launched a public appeal to help identify an amnesiac woman
she stumbles back into town in an amnesiac daze
Example sentencesExamples
- The amnesiac state Rita is in puts her in a position of vulnerability and complete dependence.
- We offered a full lunch to two severely amnesic people, who have no memory of having just eaten.
- The story line traces a confused, presumably amnesiac character through several episodes.
- Dazed and amnesiac, she takes refuge in the apartment of Betty's aunt, who has loaned the place out to her niece.
- This frustration accurately reflects the feelings of people who live with amnesic patients.
- He's been missing for 24 hours and is wanted for a murder committed during his amnesiac period.
- In this amnesiac state, we began to misperceive these symbols and writings.
- All femmes fatales are amnesiac, in that they forget their vows.
- People who are not amnesiac do not forget mundane events and then suddenly remember them five years later.
- For convenience, he refers to the amnesiac woman as "Grace."