1. Verb
To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.
2. Verb
To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
3. Verb
To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
4. Verb
To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.
5. Verb
An undoing or annulling; destruction.
6. Verb
Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.
7. Verb
An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.
8. Noun
the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
Vocabulary classified under Emotion and tone
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