as in dejected
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as in overcame
to achieve a victory over
they defeated their archrivals easily and moved into the next round of the play-offs
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for defeated
Adjective
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Yet people remain dejected about the economy, according to the University of Michigan’s Index of Consumer Sentiment.—
Josh Boak,
Fortune,
11 Dec. 2023 -
Loneliness is on the rise in the American workforce and may be a major reason so many people feel dejected and uninspired at their desks.—
Kells McPhillips,
Fortune Well,
16 Oct. 2023
Verb
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Service is friendly but discreet, something the Swiss have mastered like few others.—
Everett Potter,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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That that's something that's really, really hard to replicate, and he's really mastered it.—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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After noticing disconsolate tourists wandering the perimeter, Taskinen proposed installing a café on the ground floor and restoring the building’s four spacious apartments into modest but comfortable rooms filled with Artek furniture.—
Michael Snyder,
Travel + Leisure,
14 Apr. 2025
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My father, disconsolate, would pace around what had once been their home in an exaggerated performance of his own uselessness.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
2 Apr. 2025
Verb
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Scarlett Johansson has conquered the superhero franchise, been nominated for several prestigious awards and years ago made her way into Saturday Night Live’s prestigious Five-Timers Club.—
Kevin Dolak,
The Hollywood Reporter,
7 Jan. 2025
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By contrast, Xinjiang was conquered in the mid-18th century by the Qing dynasty (around the same time the British were marching on India) and then claimed by the current People’s Republic of China after its formation in 1949.—
Michael Schuman,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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The detective here, blending a couple of characters from the book, is Inspector Leach, a depressed drinker so unkempt one wonders why he hasn’t been put on administrative leave.—
Robert Lloyd,
Los Angeles Times,
16 Apr. 2025
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To my dismay, the leader started feeling depressed rather than taking the actions that were most required.—
Sonal Jain,
Forbes.com,
15 Apr. 2025
Verb
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The managers were followed by the drum major—not an ordinary drum major beating time for a band, mind you, but a performer out of the books, an artist with the baton.—
The Editors,
JSTOR Daily,
24 Apr. 2025
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Comcast beat on a consensus estimate for revenues at $29.68 billion for the first quarter.—
Etan Vlessing,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Ennui, in particular, looks like a disaffected teenager, with her drooping stance, her perpetually downcast eyes and her constant frown.—
Julie Tremaine,
Peoplemag,
15 June 2024
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Its consumers are downcast, with youth unemployment rampant.—
Paul Wiseman,
Fortune,
9 Jan. 2024
Adjective
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Giana Sabatino, a shelter worker at the Providence Animal Center in Pennsylvania, posted the clip of Sadie the dog looking crestfallen within the confines of a kennel.—
Gordon G. Chang,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Apr. 2025
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During these remarks, a television camera briefly focused on Pelosi, who slowly moved her head from side-to-side while appearing crestfallen and holding a walking stick.—
Russel Honoré,
Newsweek,
5 Mar. 2025
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“Defeated.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/defeated. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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