foiled

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foiled

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    adj.

  • disappointingly unsuccessful; defeated, disappointed, discomfited, frustrated, thwarted

    disappointed expectations and thwarted ambitions

    their foiled attempt to capture Calais

    many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking teachers

    his best efforts were thwarted

    n.

  • a piece of thin and flexible sheet metal

    the photographic film was wrapped in foil

  • anything that serves by contrast to call attention to another thing's good qualities; enhancer

    pretty girls like plain friends as foils

  • a device consisting of a flat or curved piece (as a metal plate) so that its surface reacts to the water it is passing through; hydrofoil

    the fins of a fish act as hydrofoils

  • picture consisting of a positive photograph or drawing on a transparent base; viewed with a projector; transparency
  • a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button

    v.

  • enhance by contrast

    In this picture, the figures are foiled against the background

  • hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of; thwart, queer, spoil, scotch, cross, frustrate, baffle, bilk

    What ultimately frustrated every challenger was Ruth's amazing September surge

    foil your opponent

  • cover or back with foil

    foil mirrors

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

foils|foiled|foiling
syn.: frustrate metal outwit ruin spoil sword thwart