defeated Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun people who are defeated
   discomfited.
   
   • the Romans had no pity for the defeated
2. verb win a victory over
   get the better of; overcome; defeat.
   
   • 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
3. verb thwart the passage of
   vote out; vote down; kill; shoot down; defeat.
   
   • kill a motion
   • he shot down the student's proposal
4. adjective beaten or overcome; not victorious
   
   • the defeated enemy
5. adjective satellite disappointingly unsuccessful
   thwarted; disappointed; foiled; discomfited; frustrated.
   
   • disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions
   • their foiled attempt to capture Calais
   • many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers
   • his best efforts were thwarted

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