defeated English

Meaning defeated meaning

What does defeated mean?

defeated

— adjective (= disappointed, foiled, frustrated, thwarted) 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

— noun people who are defeated the Romans had no pity for the defeated

— adjective beaten or overcome; not victorious the defeated enemy

Synonyms defeated synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as defeated?

defeated English » English

lose

vanquished

beaten

overcome

fail

conquered

discomfited

subdued

failure

defeat

thwarted

subjugated

routed

overthrown

overpowered

frustrated

foiled

disappointed

be beaten

won

washout

vain

unsuccessful

turned away

taken possession

taken aback

struck down

sit down

seized

reversed

repelled

rejected

overridden

overeome

overcome with hunger

miscarriage

lost

losing

loser

lose a battle

ineffectual

humiliated

give up

fruitless

flop

floored

fatigued

driven back

dispersed

dejected

Topics defeated topics

What do people use defeated to talk about?

Social behavior Conflict War

Lose a fight

• What words refer to the process of losing a fight?
  lose a fight lose a war be defeated suffer defeat be beaten meet your match get the worst of it come off the worst take a beating go down fall fall victim to
• What words refer to the person or group that loses?
  loser losing side defeated army