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Foiled

of Foil

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Unsuccessful 84% connected

Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Unsuccessful 84% connected

Not successful; not producing the desired event; not fortunate; meeting with, or resulting in, failure; unlucky; unhappy.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

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Defeated 92% connected

of Defeat

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Disappointed 92% connected

Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Discomfited 92% connected

of Discomfit

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Frustrated 92% connected

of Frustrate

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Thwarted 92% connected

of Thwart

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

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