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[ uh-drift ] / əˈdrɪft / SEE SYNONYMS FOR adrift ON THESAURUS.COM
adjective, adverbfloating without control; drifting; not anchored or moored: The survivors were adrift in the rowboat for three days. lacking aim, direction, or stability. Origin of adriftFirst recorded in 1615–25; a-1 + drift Words nearby adriftAdrian V, Adrian VI, Adriatic, Adriatic Sea, Adrienne, adrift, adroit, à droite, ADS, ad sat., adscititious Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for adriftUltimately, she finds that her motherland is a place of perpetual migration, and at long last, she feels less adrift. A Writer Retraces Her Family's Past in Taiwan|Frances Nguyen|October 15, 2020|Outside Online In her view, now is a great time for the ritually and spiritually adrift to shop around for their ritual fit. Why do we miss the rituals put on hold by the COVID-19 pandemic?|Sujata Gupta|August 14, 2020|Science News Adrift in senility and depression, Hitchcock is dismantling his life, putting it away. Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST Still, “They were my island of misfit toys,” she says, adrift. Best Career Arc Ever: From Burlesque To Bartending|Anne Berry|September 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The reason Price of Fame ultimately becomes tiresome is our increasing awareness of how adrift the woman at its center is. Clare Boothe Luce's Vapid Second Act|Wendy Smith|July 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST Each experience—like so many others in her life—left her wounded, weary, adrift. Maya Angelou Knew How To Inspire As A Writer, Teacher, and Great Human Being|Joshua DuBois|May 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST On the sixth day adrift on the waves, four refugees died and their bodies were tossed overboard. Remembering the Fall of Saigon and Vietnam’s Mass ‘Boat People’ Exodus|Katie Baker|April 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST By the time I reached the deck, all was adrift to leeward, and the mast was now held in its place by the weather backstays. The Wreck of the Grosvenor, Volume 3 of 3|William Clark Russell They felt safer in their boat, adrift in a tree-bordered lagoon, even if dark, mysterious foliage did overhang them. Captain Ted|Louis Pendleton She had thrown her lot with the narrow minds and cast him adrift. The Tyranny of Weakness|Charles Neville Buck Meantime the feeling that he was adrift grew upon him and his reserve of capital disappeared. The Unknown Quantity|Henry van Dyke The old butler wanted to turn them adrift, and Dumas consented, and repented. Essays in Little|Andrew Lang
British Dictionary definitions for adrift
adjective, adverb (postpositive)floating without steering or mooring; drifting without purpose; aimless informal off course or amissthe project went adrift Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to adriftafloat, amiss, loose, drifting, unanchored, unmoored, aimless, purposeless, directionless, goalless, astray, erring, wrong |