defeated

[ dih-fee-tid ]
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adjective
  1. relating to or being the loser in a contest, election, battle, etc.; overcome or vanquished: For several days in succession, fragments of the defeated army straggled through the town.

  2. frustrated, foiled, or thwarted, as plans, dreams, etc.: He could not shake off a feeling of acute disappointment, of defeated hopes.

verb
  1. the simple past tense and past participle of defeat.

Origin of defeated

1
First recorded in 1575–85; defeat + -ed2 for the adjective senses; defeat + -ed1 for the verb sense

Other words from defeated

  • qua·si-de·feat·ed, adjective
  • un·de·feat·ed, adjective
  • un·de·feat·ed·ly, adverb
  • un·de·feat·ed·ness, noun

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