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Meaning of DEFEATED

Pronunciation:  duf'eetud

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 Definition: 
  1. [n]  people who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
  2. [adj]  beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy"
  3. [adj]  disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
 
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 Synonyms: baffled, balked, beaten, bested, conquered, crushed, disappointed, discomfited, discomfited, discouraged, foiled, frustrated, licked, outdone, overcome, overthrown, overwhelmed, routed, subjugated, thwarted, vanquished
 
 Antonyms: undefeated
 
 See Also: people, unsuccessful

 

 

Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: all up with, baffled, balked, beat, beaten, bested, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted, chapfallen, confounded, crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, disappointed, discomfited, dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, done for, done in, down, fallen, fixed, floored, foiled, frustrated, hors de combat, ill done-by, ill-served, lambasted, lathered, let down, licked, on the skids, out of countenance, outdone, overborne, overcome, overmastered, overmatched, overpowered, overridden, overthrown, overturned, overwhelmed, panicked, put to rout, regretful, routed, ruined, scattered, settled, silenced, skinned, skinned alive, sorely disappointed, soured, stampeded, thwarted, trimmed, trounced, undone, upset, whelmed, whipped, worsted
 

 

 

 

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