licked

Thân thiện

I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Defeated or overcome: Describes a person, team, or entity that has been thoroughly beaten or bested in a contest, struggle, or endeavor. It implies a state of being conquered or subdued.
   • In a state of being mastered or solved: Can describe a problem or challenge that has been successfully figured out or dealt with.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • After losing the championship match for the third time, the team felt utterly licked.
  • The puzzle was tricky, but once I found the key, I knew it was licked.
  • He refused to admit he was licked, even after his business failed.

Advanced Usage

• "to be licked": To be in a state of defeat or to have a problem solved.

  • Don't give up now; we're not licked yet!
  • The software bug is finally licked after weeks of debugging.

• "to have (someone/something) licked": To have definitively defeated an opponent or solved a difficult issue.

  • We thought we had the competition licked with our new product.

Variants and Related Words

• Lick (verb): To defeat decisively; to overcome a problem. (e.g., )
• Licking (noun, informal): A severe defeat. (e.g., )

Synonyms

• Defeated
• Beaten
• Conquered
• Overcome
• Vanquished (more formal/literary)

Antonyms

• Victorious
• Triumphant
• Unbeaten
• Unconquered

Related Idioms

• "It's not over till it's over" / "It ain't over till the fat lady sings": Idioms emphasizing that one should not consider oneself licked until the contest is truly finished.
• "Down but not out": Describes a situation where someone is struggling or has been knocked down (licked in a sense) but is not yet finally defeated.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. having been got the better of
   • I'm pretty beat up but I don't feel licked yet