CHECKMATED Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

checkmated

verb

past tense of checkmate

as in frustrated

to prevent from achieving a goal finally checkmated the billionaire in his attempt to take over the movie studio

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Between the steady march of average US gasoline prices back above $4 per gallon and the rapid rise of power prices, American consumers have plenty to be frustrated by in their energy bills.

— Tim McDonnell, semafor.com, 21 July 2026
Early in her career, frustrated that internships at a film studio kept going to the children of executives and family friends, she was eventually handed eighteen months to fix the company’s hiring.

— Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of frustrated

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Grantham said he was baffled by Wall Street banks’ recommendations to buy SpaceX for their clients.

— Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 8 July 2026
Pz’ spends much of his proper debut, No Turning Back, equally baffled by his good fortune and ready to fasten it to his side with a Gucci strap before anyone else can take it.

— Dylan Green, Pitchfork, 3 July 2026

Definition of baffled

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But even use of that system is being hampered because state officials haven’t been trained in how to enter cyclosporiasis cases yet.

— Blake Ellis, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
The search was hampered by the fact that Horan’s gravestone, like many at Blake Street, had eroded to the point that it could no longer be identified.

— John Moritz, Hartford Courant, 20 July 2026

Definition of hampered

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Though agents responded as they were trained and quickly thwarted the gunman’s plot, some guests who had stepped out of the ballroom to use the bathroom — including CNN’s Wolf Blitzer — found themselves in the midst of the gunfire.

— Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026
Throughout Homer’s tale, Odysseus is repeatedly thwarted by divine wrath, nature and human fallibility.

— Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 23 July 2026

Definition of thwarted

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On Sunday, Spain defeated Argentina in extra time to win the 2026 World Cup in thrilling fashion.

— Dean Jones, New York Times, 20 July 2026
Spain defeated Argentina to win the FIFA men’s World Cup on Sunday, capping a tournament that was broadly seen as a success for the North American host nations.

— J.D. Capelouto, semafor.com, 19 July 2026

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