defeated
UK/dɪˈfiːtəd/
defeated adjective: subjugated, beaten, overcome. Also the simple past and past participle of defeat.
Adjective
defeated (comparative more defeated, superlative most defeated)
- Subjugated, beaten, overcome.
- Synonyms:
- recreant, vanquished, worsted, foiled, beaten, bested, broken, confounded, conquered, licked
Also used as
defeated is also the simple past and past participle of defeat.
defeated meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Malayalam and Kannada
defeated in Hindi
- subjugated, beaten, overcome
- पराजित parājit
defeated in Urdu
- شکست دی
defeated in Malayalam
- subjugated, beaten, overcome
- പരാജയപ്പെട്ട parājayappeṭṭa, തോറ്റ tōṟṟa
defeated in Kannada
- ಸೋಲನುಭವಿಸಿದರು
More languagesFewer languages
- defeated in Odia
- ପରାସ୍ତ
- defeated in Nepali
- पराजित
- defeated in Arabic
- مَغْلُوب maḡlūb
Synonyms of defeated
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Antonyms
Forms of defeated
| comparative | more defeated |
|---|---|
| superlative | most defeated |
Origin of defeated
From defeat + -ed.
Words formed from defeated
Questions about defeated
- What does defeated mean?
- Defeated means subjugated, beaten, overcome.
- What is defeated in Hindi?
- Defeated in Hindi is पराजित (parājit). See Defeated meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is defeated?
- Defeated is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce defeated?
- Defeated is pronounced /dɪˈfiːtəd/ (UK).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: defeated (page history and authors); defeated (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defeated (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defeated (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); defeated (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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