beaten

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beaten

  • /ˈbiː.tən/
  • [ˈbiː.tn̩]
  • [ˈbiː.ʔn̩]

Rhymes with -iːtən

adjective more beaten · most beaten

  1. Defeated.

    Similar: overcome, recreant, worsted, foiled, beaten, bested, broken, confounded, conquered, defeated, licked, overpowered

  2. Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows. a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack
  3. of a liquid Mixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement.
  4. dated Trite; hackneyed.

    Similar: banal, commonplace, unoriginal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock, clichéd, corny, dog-eared, hackneyed, hoary

verb

  1. participle, past past participle of beat

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: defeated, vanquished, battered, abused, overcome, routed, familiar, conquered, ill-treated, maltreated, mistreated, overthrown, overwhelmed, lost, hurt, tortured

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@misc{beaten_2026,
  title = {beaten},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/beaten},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}