Definition of defeated

"defeated" in the noun sense

1. defeated, discomfited

people who are defeated

"the Romans had no pity for the defeated"

"defeated" in the verb sense

1. get the better of, overcome, defeat

win a victory over

"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"

2. kill, shoot down, defeat, vote down, vote out

thwart the passage of

"kill a motion"

"he shot down the student's proposal"

"defeated" in the adjective sense

1. defeated

beaten or overcome not victorious

"the defeated enemy"

2. defeated, disappointed, discomfited, foiled, frustrated, thwarted

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"

Source: WordNet® (An amazing lexical database of English)

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Quotations for defeated

Yes - it was love - if thoughts of tenderness.
Tried in temptation, strengthened by distress,
Unmoved by absence, firm in every clime,
And yet - oh more than all! - untired by time.
Which nor defeated hope, nor baffled wile,
Could render sullen were she near to smile,
Nor rage could fire, nor sickness fret to vent
On her one murmur of his discontent;
Which still would meet with joy, with calmness part.
Lest that his look of grief should reach her heart;
Which nought removed, nor menaced to remove -
If there be love in mortals— this was love! [ Byron ]

The prudence of the best heads is often defeated by the tenderness of the best of hearts. [ Fielding ]

The general of a large army may be defeated, but you cannot defeat the determined will of a peasant. [ Confucius ]

Give me the boy who rouses when he is praised, who profits when he is encouraged and who cries when he is defeated. Such a boy will be fired by ambition; he will be stung by reproach, and aminated by preference; never shall I apprehend any bad consequences from idleness in such a boy. [ Quintilian ]

defeated in Scrabble®

The word defeated is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters defeated:

DEFEATED
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defeated in Words With Friends™

The word defeated is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 13

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays In The Letters defeated:

DEFEATED
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Words within the letters of defeated

2 letter words in defeated (5 words)

3 letter words in defeated (14 words)

4 letter words in defeated (14 words)

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6 letter words in defeated (1 word)

8 letter words in defeated (1 word)

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Words containing the sequence defeated

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Words with defeated in them (2 words)

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Word Growth involving defeated

Shorter words in defeated

at ate

ef defeat

at eat feat defeat

Longer words containing defeated

redefeated

selfdefeated

undefeated undefeatedly