VERB | competition | defeat, get the better of, overcome | win a victory over |
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social | defeat, kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out | thwart the passage of | |
NOUN | event | defeat, licking | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest |
feeling | defeat, frustration | the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals |
Sounds | dihfiy't | |
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Rhymes | aesthete ... worksheet: 76 rhymes with iyt... |
Meaning | An unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest. | |
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Examples |
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Synonym | licking | |
Narrower | heartbreaker | A narrow defeat or a defeat at the last minute |
lurch | A decisive defeat in a game / game / game (especially in cribbage) | |
rout | An overwhelming defeat | |
shutout, skunk | A defeat in a game / game / game where one side fails to score | |
thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, slaughter, trouncing, whipping | A sound defeat | |
waterloo | A final / final crushing defeat | |
whitewash | A defeat in which the losing person or team fails to score | |
Broader | ending, conclusion, finish | event whose occurrence ends something |
failure | An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose | |
Opposite | victory, triumph | A successful ending of a struggle or contest / contest |
Spanish | derrota | |
Catalan | derrota, desfeta | |
Nouns | defeatist | someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions |
Verbs | defeat | thwart the passage of |
Meaning | The feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals. | |
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Synonym | frustration | |
Broader | disappointment, letdown | A feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized |
Spanish | derrota, fracaso, frustración | |
Catalan | derrota, fracàs, frustració | |
Nouns | defeatist | someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions |
Meaning | win a victory over. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Model | The fighter managed to defeat his opponent | |
Example | "defeat your enemies" | |
Synonyms | get the better of, overcome | |
Narrower | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish | Come out better in a competition, race, or conflict |
conquer | Overcome by conquest | |
demolish, destroy | defeat soundly | |
down | bring down or defeat (an opponent) | |
lurch, skunk | defeat by a lurch | |
nose | defeat by a narrow margin | |
overrun | seize the position of and defeat | |
rout, rout out, expel | Cause to flee | |
survive, pull through, pull round, come through, make it | Continue in existence after (an adversity, etc.) | |
upset | defeat suddenly and unexpectedly / unexpectedly | |
wallop | defeat soundly and utterly | |
Spanish | derrotar, recuperarse, superar, vencer | |
Catalan | derrotar, recuperar-se, superar, vèncer |
Meaning | thwart the passage of. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
Synonyms | kill, shoot down, vote down, vote out | |
Broader | veto, blackball, negative | Vote against |
Spanish | echar abajo, echar a perder, frustrar, vencer, votar en contra | |
Catalan | derrotar | |
Nouns | defeat | an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest / contest |
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