noun
- People who are defeated.
- usage: "the Romans had no pity for the defeated"
- synonyms: defeated
verb
- Cause to lose one's composure.
- synonyms: upset, discompose, untune, disconcert, discomfit
adjective
- 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: defeated, disappointed, foiled, frustrated, thwarted
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