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defeated

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verb

past tense of defeat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for defeated
Adjective
  • Yet people remain dejected about the economy, according to the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment.
    Josh Boak, Fortune, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Loneliness is on the rise in the American workforce and may be a major reason so many people feel dejected and uninspired at their desks.
    Kells McPhillips, Fortune Well, 16 Oct. 2023
Verb
  • Service is friendly but discreet, something the Swiss have mastered like few others.
    Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 10 Apr. 2025
  • That that's something that's really, really hard to replicate, and he's really mastered it.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • As Wilshere and his players greeted the Norwich fans, across the Riverside pitch, Michael Carrick and his Middlesbrough squad were conducting a disconsolate lap of appreciation in a largely emptied stadium.
    Michael Walker, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • After noticing disconsolate tourists wandering the perimeter, Taskinen proposed installing a café on the ground floor and restoring the building’s four spacious apartments into modest but comfortable rooms filled with Artek furniture.
    Michael Snyder, Travel + Leisure, 14 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Scarlett Johansson has conquered the superhero franchise, been nominated for several prestigious awards and years ago made her way into Saturday Night Live’s prestigious Five-Timers Club.
    Kevin Dolak, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Jan. 2025
  • By contrast, Xinjiang was conquered in the mid-18th century by the Qing dynasty (around the same time the British were marching on India) and then claimed by the current People’s Republic of China after its formation in 1949.
    Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
  • The results: enrollees had less financial stress and were less likely to be depressed, but there was no difference in their physical health.
    John C. Goodman, Forbes.com, 3 June 2025
  • Even at a time when film and TV production in Southern California is depressed, A-listers want to spend their time between takes in plush surroundings.
    William Earl, Variety, 27 May 2025
Verb
  • The men beat 27-year-old Chin with a baseball bat, cracking his skull.
    Hannah Allam, ProPublica, 31 May 2025
  • The Oilers, who finished third in the Pacific Division, beat the Los Angeles Kings in six games, the Vegas Golden Knights in five games and the Dallas Stars in five games to return to the Stanley Cup Final.
    Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • Ennui, in particular, looks like a disaffected teenager, with her drooping stance, her perpetually downcast eyes and her constant frown.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 15 June 2024
  • Its consumers are downcast, with youth unemployment rampant.
    Paul Wiseman, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2024
Adjective
  • The Catalans went into the latest addition of the world’s biggest derby crestfallen after Tuesday’s painful Champions League semifinal second leg exit to Inter Milan.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 12 May 2025
  • The cameras lingered on crestfallen Aston Villa faces.
    Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
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“Defeated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defeated. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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