Associations to the word «Defeated»

Wiktionary

DEFEATED, adjective. Subjugated, beaten, overcome.
DEFEATED, verb. Simple past tense and past participle of defeat

Dictionary definition

DEFEATED, noun. People who are defeated; "the Romans had no pity for the defeated".
DEFEATED, adjective. Beaten or overcome; not victorious; "the defeated enemy".
DEFEATED, adjective. Disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats