defeat

defeat is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as transitive verb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 10 · Words With Friends 10 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy.
2. transitive verb. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.
3. transitive verb. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.
4. transitive 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. an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

   "it was a narrow defeat"

   "the army's only defeat"

   Synonyms: licking

9. noun. the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

   Synonyms: frustration

10. verb. win a victory over

    "You must overcome all difficulties"

    "defeat your enemies"

    Synonyms: overcome

11. verb. thwart the passage of

    "kill a motion"

    "he shot down the student's proposal"

    Synonyms: kill

Synonyms

licking, frustration, overcome, kill

Common word forms

defeats, defeated, defeater, defeating, defeatable, defeatment

Words from these letters

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