'Defeated' definitions:
Definition of 'defeated'
From: WordNet
adjective
Beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy" [ant: undefeated]
adjective
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" [syn: defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted]
noun
People who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated" [syn: defeated, discomfited]
Definition of 'Defeated'
From: GCIDE
- Defeat \De*feat"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defeating.] [From F. d['e]fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d['e]faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Disfashion.]
- 1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- His unkindness may defeat my life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. [1913 Webster]
- He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. --Tillotson. [1913 Webster]
- The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. --Hallam. [1913 Webster]
- In one instance he defeated his own purpose. --A. W. Ward. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. [1913 Webster]
- Sharp reasons to defeat the law. --Shak.
- Syn: To baffle; disappoint; frustrate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'defeated'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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