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Definition of foiled : of Foil

Synonyms:

disappointed, discomfited

outdone, captured, checkmated, beat, conquered, overpowered, mastered, routed, humbled, outdid, quelled, overcame, overturned, overthrew, subdued, crushed, whipped, predominated, vanquished, subjected, overcome, trumped, overthrown, trounced, defeated, triumphed, outplayed, beaten, won, surmounted

frustrated, failed, useless, ineffectual, unsuccessful, pointless, fruitless, thwarted, futile, abortive, vain

Usage examples:

• His highest ambition had been foiled, his sweetest hopes frustrated. - "Eugene Field, A Study In Heredity And Contradictions", Slason Thompson.
• She had striven very hard to bring about a marriage between her nephew and the great heiress, and was a woman not likely to pardon those who had foiled her. - "Can You Forgive Her?", Anthony Trollope.
• Although foiled in the beginning, every Western State is about to establish a State bank institution. - "Quodlibet", John P. Kennedy.