beaten

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/ˈbiː.tən/[ˈbiː.tn̩][ˈbiː.ʔn̩]

adjective

Defeated.

“a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack”

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overcomerecreantworstedfoiledbestedbrokenconfoundedconquered
OriginEnglish beat ← Middle English beten ← Old English bēatan →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

adjectivebeaten (comparative more beaten, superlative most beaten)

comparative more beaten · superlative most beaten

  1. Defeated.

    Synonyms: overcome, recreant, worsted, foiled, bested, broken, confounded, conquered

  2. Repeatedly struck, or formed or flattened by blows.

    a beaten path; beaten gold; the beaten victims of the attack

  3. cookingMixed by paddling with a wooden spoon or other implement.
  4. datedTrite; hackneyed.

    Synonyms: banal, commonplace, unoriginal, banal, bathetic, bromidic, cheesy, stock

verb
  1. participlepastpast participle of beat

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveDefeated.

Similar
overcomerecreantworstedfoiledbestedbrokenconfoundedconquereddefeatedlickedovercomeoverpoweredpwnedrecreantrektroutedstonkeredsubjugatedthwarted

adjectiveTrite; hackneyed.

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banalcommonplaceunoriginalbanalbatheticbromidiccheesystockclichédcommonplacecornydog-earedhackneyedhoaryoverdoneoverusedoverworkedpatplayed outshopworn

More synonyms by meaning

adjectivemuch trodden and worn smooth or bare

Similar
familiar
Also see
brokenconfoundeddefeatedfamiliarlickedovercomerecreantroutedstonkeredundonevanquishedworstedwrecked

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰew-der.?
  2. Proto-Germanic*bautaną
  3. Proto-West Germanic*bautan
  4. Old Englishbēatan
  5. Middle Englishbeten
  6. Englishbeat
  7. Englishbeaten

From beat + -en.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with beaten

eatenwheatonKeatonunbeatenEtonsweetenwheatenCretanbesweetenheatenorvietan
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APA

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MLA

“beaten.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beaten. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “beaten,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/beaten.

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