- Types Of Speech
- You can use defeat as a noun or as a verb in a sentence.
- About Defeat
- A 2 syllables noun and 6 letters with the letters a, d, e, f, and t, 3 consonants, 3 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letters fe. Defeat starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters d, de, def, defe, defea, and the ending characters are t, at, eat, feat, efeat, ..
- Definition
- An unsuccessful ending
- Origin/Roots
- Old French
- Scrabble
- Is defeat a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Defeat in Pig Latin is said as "efeatday or efeatdway".
- Unigram
- d | e | f | e | a | t
- Bigram
- de | ef | fe | ea | at
- Trigram
- def | efe | fea | eat
- Quadrigram
- defe | efea | feat
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- an unsuccessful ending
- the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals
- Verb Examples
- win a victory over;
"You must overcome all difficulties";
"defeat your enemies";
"He overcame his shyness";
"She conquered here fear of mice";
"He overcame his infirmity";
"Her anger got the better of her and she blew up" - thwart the passage of;
"kill a motion";
"he shot down the student's proposal"
| Synonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| About Face | |
| Amaze | be a mystery or bewildering to "This beats me!" "Got me--I don''t know the answer!" "a vexing problem" "This question really stuck me" |
| Ambo | a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it |
| Answer | a nonverbal reaction "his answer to any problem was to get drunk" "their answer was to sue me" |
| Answer Conclusively | |
| Argue Down | |
| Baffle | a flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy |
| Bafflement | confusion resulting from failure to understand |
| Baffle Board | |
| Bag | an activity that you like or at which you are superior "chemistry is not my cup of tea" "his bag now is learning to play golf" "marriage was scarcely his dish" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Defeat
| Antonym | Definition |
|---|---|
| Triumph | a successful ending of a struggle or contest "the general always gets credit for his army''s victory" "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" |
| Victory | a successful ending of a struggle or contest "the general always gets credit for his army''s victory" "the agreement was a triumph for common sense" |
| Anagram | Definition |
|---|---|
| Defeat | an unsuccessful ending |
View English words with the unique letters used in defeat. Words With The Letters Adeft
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Defeat | an unsuccessful ending |
| Kill | the destruction of an enemy plane or ship or tank or missile "the pilot reported two kills during the mission" |
| Shoot Down | |
| Vote Down | |
| Vote Out |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Conclusion | the act of making up your mind about something "the burden of decision was his" "he drew his conclusions quickly" |
| Ending | the act of ending something "the termination of the agreement" |
| Failure | an unexpected omission "he resented my failure to return his call" "the mechanic''s failure to check the brakes" |
| Finish | the act of finishing "his best finish in a major tournament was third" "the speaker''s finishing was greeted with applause" |
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| Debacle | a sudden and violent collapse |
| Drubbing | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
| Lurch | an unsteady uneven gait |
| Rout | an overwhelming defeat |
| Shutout | a defeat in a game where one side fails to score |
| Skunk | American musteline mammal typically ejecting an intensely malodorous fluid when startled; in some classifications put in a separate subfamily Mephitinae |
| Slaughter | the killing of animals (as for food) |
| Thrashing | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
| Trouncing | the act of inflicting corporal punishment with repeated blows |
| Walloping | a sound defeat |
View All Hyponyms For Defeat
| Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defeat (6 letters) | 10 | 10 | defeat | ||
| Defeated (8 letters) | 13 +3 | 13 +3 | defeated | ||
| Fete Day (8 letters) | |||||
| Fated (5 letters) | 9 | 9 | fated | ||
| At Feud (7 letters) | |||||
| Defeatee (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 12 +2 | defeatee | ||
| Defatted (8 letters) | 13 +3 | 13 +3 | addeeftt |
Defeat Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With D
- Ends With T
- Spelled With / Contains Letters
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