'Foiled' definitions:
Definition of 'foiled'
(from WordNet)
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]
Definition of 'Foiled'
From: GCIDE
- Foil \Foil\ (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Foiled (foild); p. pr. & vb. n. Foiling.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under one's feet, to press, oppress. See Full, v. t.]
- 1. To tread under foot; to trample. [1913 Webster]
- King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to be pulled down and foiled under foot. --Knoless. [1913 Webster]
- Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle, In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat. [1913 Webster]
- And by ? mortal man at length am foiled. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- Her long locks that foil the painter's power. --Byron. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in chase. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'foiled'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- baffled,
- balked,
- betrayed,
- bilked,
- blasted,
- blighted,
- chapfallen,
- crestfallen,
- crossed,
- crushed,
- dashed,
- defeated,
- disappointed,
- dished,
- disillusioned,
- dissatisfied,
- frustrated,
- ill done-by,
- ill-served,
- let down,
- out of countenance,
- regretful,
- sorely disappointed,
- soured,
- thwarted