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Oblivious — Single par Kalafina extrait de l’album Seventh Heaven Face A Oblivious Face B Kimi ga Hikari ni Kaete Iku Sortie 23 janvier 2008 … Wikipédia en Français
Oblivious — Ob*liv i*ous, a. [L. obliviosus: cf. F. oblivieux.] [1913 Webster] 1. Promoting oblivion; causing forgetfulness. The oblivious pool. Milton. [1913 Webster] She lay in deep, oblivious slumber. Longfellow. [1913 Webster] 2. Evincing oblivion;… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
oblivious — The historical meaning of oblivious is ‘forgetful, unmindful’, followed by of: • Never before…has a great painter been completely oblivious of the style, or styles, of his time Kenneth Clark, 1949. This meaning survives, but another meaning,… … Modern English usage
oblivious — I adjective absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, blank, careless, distracted, dreamy, faraway, forgetful, heedless, immemor, inattentive, inconsiderate, indifferent, insensible, mindless, neglectful, negligent, obliviosus, overlooking,… … Law dictionary
oblivious — *forgetful, unmindful Analogous words: disregarding, ignoring, forgetting, neglecting, overlooking (see NEGLECT vb) Contrasted words: *aware, conscious, cognizant: *thoughtful, attentive, considerate: alert, vigilant, *watchful … New Dictionary of Synonyms
oblivious — [adj] unaware, ignorant absent, absentminded, absorbed, abstracted, amnesic, blind*, blundering, careless, deaf*, disregardful, distracted, dreamy, forgetful, forgetting, gone, heedless, inattentive, incognizant, inconversant, insensible,… … New thesaurus
oblivious — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not aware of what is happening around one. DERIVATIVES obliviously adverb obliviousness noun … English terms dictionary
oblivious — [ə bliv′ē əs] adj. [ME obliuyous < L obliviosus < oblivio; see OBLIVION] 1. a) forgetful: usually with of b) unaware or indifferent: usually with of or, esp., to 2. causing forgetfulness obliviously adv. obliviousness … English World dictionary
Oblivious — This article is about a game show. For the state of being unaware, see Oblivion (disambiguation). Oblivious Format Prank show Created by mast media Starring … Wikipedia
oblivious — adj. VERBS ▪ appear, be, seem ▪ Karen appeared oblivious to the uproar. ▪ become ▪ remain ▪ … Collocations dictionary
