defeated

American  

[dih-fee-tid] / dɪˈfi tɪd /

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.

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verb

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

Other Word Forms

• quasi-defeated adjective
• undefeated adjective
• undefeatedly adverb
• undefeatedness noun

Etymology

Origin of defeated

First recorded in 1575–85; defeat ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. ) for the adjective senses; defeat ( def. ) + -ed ¹ ( def. ) for the verb sense

Example Sentences

"At the moment, due to the particular unity that has been created between you our compatriots... the enemy has been defeated," said Khamenei.

From Barron's

The Marshall Plan used America’s wealth to rebuild its defeated former enemies.

From The Wall Street Journal

Again, he was defeated by a majority vote.

From The Wall Street Journal

US rapper Afroman has defeated seven sheriff's deputies in a court case after they sued him for releasing songs and videos that mocked them and a raid they carried out on his home.

From BBC

Hadn’t Jesus—and here my reading became intent indeed—hadn’t Jesus been defeated as utterly and unarguably as our little group and our small plans had been?

From Literature

Related Words

• conquered
• crushed