defeated

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defeated

The team felt defeated after the final whistle.

Definition

  1. Adjective:

    • Disappointingly unsuccessful: Having failed to achieve a desired goal or outcome, often accompanied by feelings of disappointment or frustration.
    • Beaten or overcome; not victorious: Having been bested in a contest, battle, or struggle.

  2. Noun:

    • People who are defeated: A collective term for those who have been overcome or beaten in a conflict or competition.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • The defeated candidate gave a gracious concession speech. (The unsuccessful candidate gave a gracious concession speech.)
    • After a long battle, the defeated army surrendered. (After a long battle, the overcome army surrendered.)
  • Noun:
    • The victors showed mercy to the defeated. (The victors showed mercy to those who were beaten.)
Advanced Usage
  • "to feel defeated": to experience a strong sense of failure or discouragement.
    • After the third rejection, she felt utterly defeated.
  • "a defeated look/expression": a facial expression showing loss, resignation, or lack of hope.
    • He walked away with a defeated look on his face.
Variants and Related Words
  • Defeat (verb/noun): To overcome in a contest; an instance of being overcome.
    • They hoped to defeat their rivals.
  • Defeatest (adjective, rare): Most defeated. Often used in a figurative sense.
    • His defeatest attitude prevented him from trying again.
Synonyms
  • Adjective: Beaten, overcome, unsuccessful, thwarted, foiled, vanquished, conquered.
  • Noun: The vanquished, the conquered, the losers.
Antonyms
  • Adjective: Victorious, successful, triumphant, winning.
  • Noun: The victors, the winners, the conquerors.
Related Phrases
  • To admit defeat: To acknowledge that one has been beaten or has failed.
    • He refused to admit defeat.
  • To snatch defeat from the jaws of victory: To fail at the very moment success seemed certain (idiomatic).
    • By fumbling the final pass, they snatched defeat from the jaws of victory.
defeated

The team felt defeated after the final whistle.

Adjective
  1. 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
  2. beaten or overcome; not victorious
    • the defeated enemy
Noun
  1. people who are defeated
    • the Romans had no pity for the defeated

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