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defeated
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defeated
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beaten |
| Synonyms: | conquered, crushed, overcome |
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | conquer in athletic contest |
| Synonyms: | KO, beat, bust, clobber, cream*, deck, drop*, drub, edge, flax, flog, floor*, knock out, lambaste*, lick, outhit, outjump, outplay, outrun, overpower, plow under, pommel, pound*, powder, pulverize, run roughshod over, skin*, steamroll, take, take it all, take to cleaners, tan*, thrash, total, trounce, wallop, whack, whomp, win, work over, zap |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | give up, lose, surrender |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defeat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | frustrate |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, beat down, beat the system, blank, block, bury, cast down, cause setback, checkmate, circumvent, confound, contravene, cook*, counterplot, cross, disappoint, discomfit, disconcert, disprove, edge out, foil, invalidate, neutralize, nonplus, nose out, nullify, outwit, overturn, put end to, puzzle, quell, reduce, refute, ruin, scuttle, shave, shellac, skunk, spoil, squash, stump, subdue, subjugate, surmount, take wind out of sails, throw for loop, thwart, undo, victimize |
| Notes: | decimate means to kill or destroy in large numbers; defeat means to win a victory over or to beat |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, encourage, help, inspirit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | broken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mentally defeated |
| Synonyms: | beaten, browbeaten, crippled, crushed, defeated, demoralized, depressed, discouraged, disheartened, heartsick, humbled, oppressed, overpowered, subdued, tamed, vanquished |
| Antonyms: | happy, satisfied, uplifted |
| Main Entry: | disappointed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | let down, saddened |
| Synonyms: | aghast, balked, beaten, chapfallen, complaining, crestfallen, defeated, depressed, despondent, disconcerted, discontented, discouraged, disenchanted, disgruntled, disillusioned, dissatisfied, distressed, down, down in the dumps, downcast, downhearted, foiled, frustrated, hopeless, objecting, shot down, taken down, thwarted, unhappy, unsatisfied, upset, vanquished, worsted |
| Antonyms: | delighted, excited, happy, pleased, satisfied |
| Main Entry: | done for |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ruined or defeated |
| Synonyms: | ausgespielt, beaten, beaten, broken, conquered, cooked, dashed, dead, defeated, defeated, destroyed, done in, doomed, dying, eighty-sixed, exhausted, finished, foiled, had it, kaput, lost, packed-up, ruined, shot, sunk, through, tired, undone, vanquished, washed-up, washed-up, wrecked |
| Antonyms: | accomplished, successful |
| Main Entry: | down-and-out |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | destitute |
| Synonyms: | bankrupt, beaten, beggared, broke, broken, defeated, derelict, destitute, finished, impoverished, in the gutter, in the poorhouse, in the red, insolvent, moneyless, needy, on the skids, out of funds, outcast, penniless, poverty-stricken, ruined, vagabond, vagrant |
| Antonyms: | rich, wealthy, well-to-do |
| Main Entry: | failing |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not well, weak |
| Synonyms: | declining, defeated, deficient, faint, feeble, inadequate, insufficient, scant, scanty, scarce, short, shy, unavailing, unprosperous, unsuccessful, unsufficient, unthriving, vain, wanting |
| Notes: | a failing is a flaw or weak point or a failure to reach a minimum required performance; a foible a minor weakness or failing of character |
| Antonyms: | healthy, ok, rebounding, strong, thriving, well |
| Main Entry: | frustrated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disappointed, thwarted |
| Synonyms: | balked, crabbed, cramped, crimped, defeated, discontented, discouraged, disheartened, embittered, foiled, fouled up, hung up on, irked, resentful, stonewalled, stymied, through the mill, ungratified, unsated, unslaked, up the wall |
| Antonyms: | encourage, fulfilled, inspirited, stimulated, uplifted |
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