Word Meanings - DEFEAT - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. His unkindness may defeat my life. Shak. 2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all
Additional info about word: DEFEAT
1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. His unkindness may defeat my life. Shak. 2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate. He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. Tillotson. The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. Hallam. In one instance he defeated his own purpose. A. W. Ward. 3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow. 4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault. Sharp reasons to defeat the law. Shak. Syn. -- To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DEFEAT)
- Bailie
- Frustrate
- counteract
- disconcert
- elude
- mock
- thwart
- confound
- defeat
- perplex
- restrain
- upset
- foil
- mar
- balk
- neutralize
- dodge
- counterfoil
- Balk
- Estop
- bar
- frustrate
- stop
- prevent
- hinder
- nullify
- disappoint
- baffle
- Beat
- Strike
- pound
- batter
- surpass
- thrash
- cudgel
- overcome
- conquer
- worst
- whack
- belabor
- vanquish
- Conquer
- Subdue
- surmount
- overpower
- overthrow
- crush
- master
- subjugate
- prevail over
- Disappoint
- Betray
- deceive
- delude
- vex
- mortify
Possible antonyms: (opposite words of DEFEAT)
Related words: (words related to DEFEAT)
- SPECTACLE
An optical instrument consisting of two lenses set in a light frame, and worn to assist sight, to obviate some defect in the organs of vision, or to shield the eyes from bright light. 4. pl. (more info) 1. Something exhibited to view; usually, - STROKER
One who strokes; also, one who pretends to cure by stroking. Cures worked by Greatrix the stroker. Bp. Warburton. - SPERMATOCYTE
See SPERMOBLAST - THRASH; THRESH
derschen, G. dreschen, OHG. dreskan, Icel. , Sw. tröska, Dan. tærske, Goth. , Lith. traszketi to rattle, Russ. treskate to burst, crackle, 1. To beat out grain from, as straw or husks; to beat the straw or husk of with a flail; to beat off, - SPECIFICNESS
The quality or state of being specific. - SPERMATIC
Of or pertaining to semen; as, the spermatic fluid, the spermatic vessels, etc. Spermatic cord , the cord which suspends the testicle within the scrotum. It is made up of a connective tissue sheath inclosing the spermatic duct and accompanying - COUNTERACTIVE
Tending to counteract. - SPERMATICAL
Spermatic. - CONFOUNDED
1. Confused; perplexed. A cloudy and confounded philosopher. Cudworth. 2. Excessive; extreme; abominable. He was a most confounded tory. Swift. The tongue of that confounded woman. Sir. W. Scott. - PREVENTATIVE
That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive. - SPECTROGRAPH
An apparatus for photographing or mapping a spectrum. A photograph or picture of a spectrum. -- Spec`tro*graph"ic , a. --Spec`tro*graph"ic*al*ly , adv. --Spec*trog"ra*phy , n. - NEUTRALIZE
To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. 3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference - SPECK
The blubber of whales or other marine mammals; also, the fat of the hippopotamus. Speck falls , falls or ropes rove through blocks for hoisting the blubber and bone of whales on board a whaling vessel. - RESTRAINABLE
Capable of being restrained; controllable. Sir T. Browne. - SPECE
Species; kind. Chaucer. - SPECTATORSHIP
1. The office or quality of a spectator. Addison. 2. The act of beholding. Shak. - SURPASS
To go beyond in anything good or bad; to exceed; to excel. This would surpass Common revenge and interrupt his joy. Milton. Syn. -- To exceed; excel; outdo; outstrip. - UPSETTING
Conceited; assuming; as, an upsetting fellow. Jamieson. - SPEECHLESS
1. Destitute or deprived of the faculty of speech. 2. Not speaking for a time; dumb; mute; silent. Speechless with wonder, and half dead with fear. Addison. -- Speech"less*ly, adv. -- Speech"less*ness, n. - SPENDTHRIFT
One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. Mrs. R. H. Davis. - CREMASTERIC
Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery. - ASPER
Rough; rugged; harsh; bitter; stern; fierce. "An asper sound." Bacon. - ANGIOMONOSPERMOUS
Producing one seed only in a seed pod. - PRELUDE
An introductory performance, preceding and preparing for the principal matter; a preliminary part, movement, strain, etc.; especially , a strain introducing the theme or chief subject; a movement introductory to a fugue, yet independent; -- with - IMPREVENTABLE
Not preventable; invitable. - BAGGAGE MASTER
One who has charge of the baggage at a railway station or upon a line of public travel. - MISPENSE
See HALL - DISPENSE
1. To deal out in portions; to distribute; to give; as, the steward dispenses provisions according directions; Nature dispenses her bounties; to dispense medicines. He is delighted to dispense a share of it to all the company. Sir W. Scott. 2. - BUNSEN'S BATTERY; BUNSEN'S BURNER
See BURNER - OOSPERM; OOESPERM
The ovum, after fusion with the spermatozoön in impregnation. Balfour. - INDISPENSABLENESS
The state or quality of being indispensable, or absolutely necessary. S. Clarke.