Synset

an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest
<noun.event> freq. cnt.: 14 freq. cnt.: 12 freq. cnt.: 2

sample sentences

"it was a narrow defeat"
"the army's only defeat"
"they suffered a convincing licking"

lexical pointers

antonym

derivationally related form

defeatist defeat

semantic pointers

hypernym

conclusion, ending, finish failure

hyponym

heartbreaker lurch rout shutout, skunk slaughter, thrashing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, trouncing, whipping waterloo whitewash