English-Thai Dictionary

defeat

N ความพ่ายแพ้  ความปราชัย  conquest licking subjugation kwam-pai-pare

 

defeat

N ความสิ้นหวัง  ความผิดหวัง  ความล้มเหลว  failure loss success triumph victory kwam-sin-wang

 

defeat

VT ทำลาย (ชื่อเสียง  ลบล้าง  baffle confound foil frustrate tam-lai

 

defeat

VT ทำให้ พ่ายแพ้  เอาชนะ  ทำให้ ล้มเหลว  conquer crush rout vanquish overcome overpower overwhelm lose submit surrender yield tam-hai-pai-pare

 

defeatism

N แนวคิด หรือ การกระทำ ของ ผู้ ยอมรับ หรือ คาดว่า จะ พ่ายแพ้ หรือไม่ ประสบความสำเร็จ  การ ยอมรับ ความล้มเหลว  naeo-khid-rue-kan-kra-tham-kong-phu-yom-rab-rue-khad-wa-ja-pai-pare-rue-mai-pa-sob-kwam-sam-red

 

defeatist

ADJ ซึ่ง มีแนวโน้ม จะ ล้มเหลว  สิ้นหวัง  หรือ พ่ายแพ้  คาดว่า จะ ไม่สำเร็จ  sueng-me-naeo-nom-ja-lom-leo-sin-wang-rue-pai-pare

 

defeatist

N ผู้พ่ายแพ้  ผู้ ล้มเหลว  ผู้ สิ้นหวัง  phu-pai-pare

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFEAT

n. 1. Overthrow; loss of battle; the check, rout, or destruction of an army by the victory of an enemy.
2. Successful resistance; as the defeat of an attack.
3. Frustration; a rendering null and void; as the defeat of a title.
4. Frustration; prevention of success; as the defeat of a plan or design.

 

DEFEAT

v.t. 1. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse or ruin by victory; to overthrow; applies to an army, or a division of troops; to a fleet, or to a commander.
The English army defeated the French on the plains of Abraham. Gen. Wolf defeated Montcalm. The French defeated the Austrians at Marengo.
2. To frustrate; to prevent the success of; to disappoint.
Then mayest thou for me defeat the counsel of Ahithophel. 2 Samuel 15:34; 2 Samuel 17:14
We say, our dearest hopes are often defeated.
3. To render null and void; as, to defeat a title or an estate.
4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an attempt or assault.

 

DEFEATING

ppr. Vanquishing; subduing; opposing successfully; overthrowing; frustrating; disappointing; rendering null and void.

 

DEFEATURE

n. 1. Change of feature.
2. Overthrow; defeat.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEFEAT

De *feat ", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defeating. ]Etym: [From F. défait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe défaire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Disfashion. ]

 

1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs. ] 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.

 

DEFEAT

De *feat ", n. Etym: [Cf. F. défaite, fr. défaire. See Defeat, v.]

 

1. An undoing or annulling; destruction. [Obs. ] Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Shak.

 

2. Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.

 

3. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.

 

DEFEATURE

De *fea "ture, n. Etym: [OF. desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop. ,an undoing. See Defeat, and cf. Disfeature. ]

 

1. Overthrow; defeat. [Obs. ] "Nothing but loss in their defeature. " Beau. & Fl.

 

2. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs. ] "Strange defeatures in my face. " Shak.

 

DEFEATURED

DEFEATURED De *fea "tured, p. p.

 

Defn: Changed in features; deformed. [R.] Features when defeatured in the. .. way I have described. De Quincey.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

defeat

de feat |diˈfēt dəˈfit | ▶verb [ with obj. ] win a victory over (someone ) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat: Arab armies defeated the Byzantine garrison. • prevent (someone ) from achieving an aim: she was defeated by the last steep hill. • prevent (an aim ) from being achieved: don't cheat by allowing your body to droop —this defeats the object of the exercise. • reject or block (a motion or proposal ): the amendment was defeated. • be impossible for (someone ) to understand: this line of reasoning defeats me, I must confess. • Law render null and void; annul. ▶noun an instance of defeating or being defeated: the defeat of the Armada in 1588 | she had still not quite admitted defeat. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul ’): from Old French desfait ‘undone, ’ past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo. ’

 

defeated

de feat ed |diˈfētid dəˈfidɪd | ▶adjective having been beaten in a battle or other contest: the defeated army. • demoralized and overcome by adversity. DERIVATIVES de feat ed ly adverb

 

defeatist

de feat ist |diˈfētist dəˈfidɪst | ▶noun a person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure. ▶adjective demonstrating expectation or acceptance of failure: we have a duty not to be so defeatist. DERIVATIVES de feat ism |-tizəm |noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from French défaitiste, from défaite ‘defeat. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

defeat

de ¦feat |dɪˈfiːt | ▶verb [ with obj. ] win a victory over (someone ) in a battle or other contest; overcome or beat: Garibaldi defeated the Neapolitan army. • prevent (someone ) from achieving an aim: she was defeated by the last steep hill. • prevent (an aim ) from being achieved: don't cheat by allowing your body to droop —this defeats the object of the exercise. • reject or block (a motion or proposal ): the amendment was defeated. • be impossible for (someone ) to understand: this line of reasoning defeats me, I must confess. • Law render null and void; annul. ▶noun an instance of defeating or being defeated: a 1 –0 defeat by Grimsby | [ mass noun ] : she had still not quite admitted defeat. ORIGIN late Middle English (in the sense ‘undo, destroy, annul ’): from Old French desfait ‘undone ’, past participle of desfaire, from medieval Latin disfacere ‘undo ’.

 

defeated

de |feat ¦ed |dɪˈfiːtɪd | ▶adjective having been beaten in a battle or other contest: the defeated army. • demoralized and overcome by adversity. DERIVATIVES defeatedly adverb

 

defeatist

de ¦feat |ist |dɪˈfiːtɪst | ▶noun a person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure. ▶adjective demonstrating expectation or acceptance of failure: we have a duty not to be so defeatist. DERIVATIVES defeatism noun ORIGIN early 20th cent.: from French défaitiste, from défaite ‘defeat ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

defeat

defeat verb 1 the army that defeated the rebels: beat, conquer, win against, triumph over, get the better of, vanquish; rout, trounce, overcome, overpower, crush, subdue; informal lick, thrash, whip, wipe the floor with, make mincemeat of, clobber, slaughter, demolish, cream, skunk, nose out. 2 these complex plans defeat their purpose: thwart, frustrate, foil, ruin, scotch, debar, derail; obstruct, impede, hinder, hamper; informal put the kibosh on, stymie, scuttle. 3 the motion was defeated: reject, overthrow, throw out, dismiss, outvote, turn down; informal give the thumbs down. 4 how to make it work defeats me: baffle, perplex, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound, throw; informal beat, flummox, faze, stump. ▶noun 1 a crippling defeat: loss, conquest, vanquishment; rout, trouncing; downfall; informal thrashing, hiding, drubbing, licking, pasting, massacre, slaughter. ANTONYMS victory. 2 the defeat of his plans: failure, downfall, collapse, ruin; rejection, frustration, abortion, miscarriage; undoing, reverse. ANTONYMS success.

 

defeatist

defeatist adjective a defeatist attitude: pessimistic, fatalistic, negative, cynical, despondent, despairing, hopeless, bleak, gloomy. ANTONYMS optimistic. ▶noun pessimist, fatalist, cynic, prophet of doom, doomster; misery, killjoy, worrier; informal quitter, wet blanket, worrywart. ANTONYMS optimist.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

defeat

defeat verb 1 the victorious army which defeated the Scots at Halidon Hill: beat, conquer, win against, win a victory over, triumph over, prevail over, get the better of, best, worst, vanquish; rout, trounce, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, crush, quash, bring someone to their knees; quell, subjugate, subdue, repulse; informal lick, thrash, hammer, whip, wipe the floor with, walk all over, give someone a hiding, take to the cleaners, blow out of the water, run rings round /around, make mincemeat of, clobber, paste, pound, pulverize, crucify, murder, massacre, slaughter, demolish, drub, give someone a drubbing, cane, zap, flatten, turn inside out, tank; Brit. informal stuff, marmalize; N. Amer. informal blow out, cream, shellac, skunk, slam. ANTONYMS lose to. 2 budgets should not be so complex that they defeat their purpose: thwart, block, frustrate, prevent, foil, baulk, ruin, put a stop to, scotch, obviate, forestall, debar, snooker, derail; obstruct, impede, hinder, hamper, deter, discomfit; informal put the kibosh on, nip in the bud, put paid to, put the stopper on, do for, stymie; Brit. informal scupper, put the mockers on, nobble. ANTONYMS advance, assist. 3 the motion was defeated: reject, overthrow, throw out, dismiss, outvote, spurn, rebuff, turn down; informal give the thumbs down. ANTONYMS pass. 4 I managed to fit to the machine, but how to make it work defeats me: baffle, puzzle, perplex, bewilder, mystify, bemuse, confuse, confound, frustrate, nonplus, throw; informal beat, flummox, discombobulate, faze, stump, fox, be all Greek to. ▶noun 1 a crippling defeat for the government: loss, beating, conquest, conquering, besting, worsting, vanquishing, vanquishment; rout, trouncing, overpowering, subjugation, subduing; reverse, debacle, downfall; informal thrashing, hiding, drubbing, licking, hammering, whipping, clobbering, pasting, pounding, pulverizing, massacre, slaughter, demolition, caning, flattening. ANTONYMS victory. 2 the defeat of his plans: failure, downfall, breakdown, collapse, ruin, lack of success, discomfiture, rejection, frustration, foundering, misfiring, overthrow, abortion, miscarriage; undoing, reverse; disappointment, setback. ANTONYMS success.

 

defeatist

defeatist adjective they were criticized for their defeatist attitude: pessimistic, fatalistic, negative, resigned, cynical, discouraged, despondent, despairing, hopeless, bleak, gloomy, gloom-ridden, looking on the dark /black side. ANTONYMS optimistic, positive. ▶noun pessimist, fatalist, yielder, cynic, prophet of doom, doomwatcher; misery, killjoy, worrier, Job's comforter; informal quitter, doom and gloom merchant, doomster, wet blanket. ANTONYMS optimist.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

defeat

de feat /dɪfíːt /〖語源は 「破壊する 」〗名詞 複 ～s /-ts /U (!具体例ではa ～/～s; その際しばしば修飾語を伴う ) 1 «…に対しての » 敗北 , 負け (ること ) «against, by » (↔victory )▸ a crushing defeat 大敗 ▸ suffer a 3--0 defeat against the Yankees ヤンキースに3対0で負けを喫する ▸ admit [concede ] defeat 負けを認める ▸ one's defeat in the election 選挙での敗北 2 負かすこと ; 打倒, 打破 ▸ celebrate the defeat of the rival ライバルを倒して祝う 3 (計画などの )失敗 .動詞 ～s /-ts /; ～ed /-ɪd /; ～ing 他動詞 1 (試合 戦争などで )〈人などが 〉〈相手 〉を破る , うち負かす (beat 1 )(→win )▸ Our team defeated the other team by 3 runs .我々のチームは3点差で相手チームに勝った 2 ｟かたく ｠〈課題 問題などが 〉 (難しくて )〈人 〉の手に負えない ▸ The last question defeats me .最後の問題には歯が立たない .3 〈希望 計画など 〉をくじく, 失敗させる ; 〈提案 動議 〉を否決する (!しばしば受け身で ) ▸ The bill was defeated by sixty votes to thirty .議案は60対30で否決された 4 〘法 〙…を無効にする .

 

defeatism

de f é at ì sm 名詞 U 敗北主義 (的な言動 ).

 

defeatist

de f é at ist 名詞 C 形容詞 敗北主義者 (の ).