beaten-down
11down — {{11}}down (adv.) late O.E. aphetic form of O.E. ofdune downwards, from dune from the hill, dative of dun hill (see DOWN (Cf. down) (n.2)). A sense development peculiar to English. Used as a preposition since c.1500. Sense of depressed mentally… …
12down-and-out — /daʊn ən ˈaʊt / (say down uhn owt) adjective 1. Boxing beaten and unable to continue the fight. 2. having no money, friends or prospects; hopeless. –noun 3. Colloquial a person, usually of disreputable appearance, without friends, money, or… …
13down for the count — adjective Decisively beaten; rendered irrelevant for the long term …
14beaten — Synonyms and related words: all in, all up with, automatic, beat, beat up, bested, blebby, blistered, blistering, blistery, bone weary, bubbling, bubbly, burbling, burbly, bushed, carbonated, chiffon, confounded, constant, dead, dead and alive,… …
15beaten — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Defeated] Syn. worsted, humbled, cowed, thwarted, bested, disappointed, frustrated, balked, circumvented, baffled, conquered, overthrown, subdued, subjugated, ruined, mastered, trounced, surmounted, undone, vanquished,… …
16down and out — (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. destitute, ruined, defeated, finished; see beaten , poor 1 …
17beat someone down — beat (someone) down to make someone tired or unable to continue doing something. I like the work, but the schedule just beats me down and wears on me. Usage notes: often used in the form be beaten down: Paul was so beaten down by his debts that… …
18beat down — beat (someone) down to make someone tired or unable to continue doing something. I like the work, but the schedule just beats me down and wears on me. Usage notes: often used in the form be beaten down: Paul was so beaten down by his debts that… …
19beat down — phrasal verb Word forms beat down : present tense I/you/we/they beat down he/she/it beats down present participle beating down past tense beat down past participle beaten down 1) [intransitive] if the sun beats down, it shines very brightly… …
20beat down — {v.} 1. To crush or break the spirit of; win over; conquer. * /All their defenses were beaten down by the tanks./ 2. {informal} a. To try to get reduced; force down by discussing. * /Can we beat down the price?/ b. To persuade or force (someone)… …
