Be defeated

Synonyms for "be defeated" (17 found)

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Closest matches (4)

Noun(4 words)
be beatenbe discouragedcollapsedefeatism

Strong matches (5)

Noun(5 words)
demoralizationdiscouragementfailurefeel defeatedlose

Related words (8)

Noun(5 words)
lose heartlosspessimismsetbacksuffer defeat
Verb(3 words)
lose the gamelostoutvoted

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More general

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13 entries
despairfeel discouragedforfeitgive upknockoutlose a battlelose a gamelose a racelose an electionlose heartlow moralemalaisewalkover

Collocations

12 entries
be defeated bybe defeated incompletely defeateddefeat in finalsdefeat rateheavy defeatmilitary defeatnarrow defeatnarrowly defeatedsoundly defeatedsuffer defeatutterly defeated

Inflections

7 entries
are defeatedbeing defeateddefeateddefeatsis defeatedwas defeatedwere defeated

Derivations

8 entries

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