noun
- People who are defeated.
- usage: "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
- synonyms: discomfited
verb
- Win a victory over.
- usage: "You must overcome all difficulties"; "defeat your enemies"; "He overcame his shyness"; "He overcame his infirmity"; "Her anger got the better of her and she blew up"
- synonyms: get the better of, overcome, defeat
- Thwart the passage of.
- usage: "kill a motion"; "he shot down the student's proposal"
- synonyms: kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out
adjective
- Beaten or overcome; not victorious.
- usage: "the defeated enemy"
- Disappointingly unsuccessful.
- usage: "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted"
- synonyms: disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
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