All worsted synonyms

verb worsted

• quell — to suppress; put an end to; extinguish: The troops quelled the rebellion quickly.
• rout — a bellow.
• subdue — to conquer and bring into subjection: Rome subdued Gaul.
• subjugate — to bring under complete control or subjection; conquer; master.
• surmount — to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
• vanquish — to conquer or subdue by superior force, as in battle.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• checkmate — to thwart or render powerless
• circumvent — If someone circumvents a rule or restriction, they avoid having to obey the rule or restriction, in a clever and perhaps dishonest way.
• clobber — You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
• control — Control of an organization, place, or system is the power to make all the important decisions about the way that it is run.
• cream — Cream is a thick yellowish-white liquid taken from milk. You can use it in cooking or put it on fruit or desserts.
• discomfit — to confuse and deject; disconcert: to be discomfited by a question.
• drub — to beat with a stick or the like; cudgel; flog; thrash.
• foil — to cover or back with foil.
• frustrate — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
• humble — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
• lick — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
• master — botmaster
• outwit — to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
• overmaster — to gain mastery over; conquer; overpower: The sudden impulse had quite overmastered me.
• overpower — to overcome, master, or subdue by superior force: to overpower a maniac.
• override — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
• prevail — to be widespread or current; exist everywhere or generally: Silence prevailed along the funeral route.
• reduce — to bring down to a smaller extent, size, amount, number, etc.: to reduce one's weight by 10 pounds.
• succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
• throw — to propel or cast in any way, especially to project or propel from the hand by a sudden forward motion or straightening of the arm and wrist: to throw a ball.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• total — constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
• trash — anything worthless, useless, or discarded; rubbish.
• triumph — the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest.
• whip — to beat with a strap, lash, rod, or the like, especially by way of punishment or chastisement; flog; thrash: Criminals used to be whipped for minor offenses.
• worst — in ill health; sick: He felt badly.
• zap — to kill or shoot.
• get the better of — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
• shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• demoralise — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
• demoralize — If something demoralizes someone, it makes them lose so much confidence in what they are doing that they want to give up.
• disconcert — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
• perplex — to cause to be puzzled or bewildered over what is not understood or certain; confuse mentally: Her strange response perplexed me.
• vex — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
• abash — to cause to feel ill at ease, embarrassed, or confused; make ashamed
• annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
• baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
• baulk — the space, usually 29 inches deep, between the baulk line and the bottom cushion
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• bother — If you do not bother to do something or if you do not bother with it, you do not do it, consider it, or use it because you think it is unnecessary or because you are too lazy.
• confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
• discompose — to upset the order of; disarrange; disorder; unsettle: The breeze discomposed the bouquet.
• discountenance — to disconcert, embarrass, or abash: With his composure, he survived every attempt to discountenance him.