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be worsted

VERB
lose
Synonyms
STRONGEST
decline drop fall
STRONG
miss succumb yield
WEAK
be humbled be outdistanced be sunk be taken to cleaners be the loser come up short drop a bundle kiss goodbye lose out suffer defeat take a beating take the count take the heat
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ascend go up rise
WEAK
achieve confront face hold on to keep maintain meet succeed win

Example Sentences

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But to Propagandist Franklin-Bouillion logic is something which can always be worsted by appeals to passion.

From Time Magazine Archive

How certain to be worsted in an argument with an accomplished naturalist who is a sceptic!

From The Religion of Geology and Its Connected Sciences by Hitchcock, Edward

She was a lady stronger than her husband;—stronger in this, that she never allowed herself to be worsted in any encounter.

From Marion Fay by Trollope, Anthony

But in the engagement the dragon shall be worsted, and oppressed by the wickedness of the conqueror.

From Old English Chronicles by Various

We have been beaten in an election, but I don't think we ought to be worsted in a struggle of generosity and good feeling.

From The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. I (of II) by Lever, Charles James