Antonyms for bested
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : best |
| Phonetic Transcription : bɛst |
Definition of bested
Origin :- Old English beste, reduced by assimilation of -t- from earlier Old English betst "best, first, in the best manner," originally superlative of bot "remedy, reparation," the root word now only surviving in to boot (see boot (n.2)), though its comparative, better, and superlative, best, have been transferred to good (and in some cases well). From Proto-Germanic root *bat-, with comparative *batizon and superlative *batistaz (cf. Old Frisian, Old Saxon, Middle Dutch best, Old High German bezzist, German best, Old Norse beztr, Gothic batists).
- The best-laid schemes o' mice an' menGang aft agley,An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain,For promis'd joy![Burns]
- Best-seller as short for "best-selling book" is from 1902, apparently originally in the publishing trade; best friend was in Chaucer (late 14c.). Best girl is first attested 1881, American English; best man is 1814, originally Scottish, replacing groomsman. To be able to do something with the best of them is recorded by 1748.
- verb defeat; gain advantage
- I know when I'm bested, and I'll come quietly, but I won't be dragged.
- Extract from : « The Great Drought » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
- Well, mayhap they are, but we'd have bested them but for the giant.
- Extract from : « The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus » by Horatio Alger Jr.
- I struggled with him for it, finally however, to be bested, and started away.
- Extract from : « The White Desert » by Courtney Ryley Cooper
- By honest confession, it has bested you; and in short order.
- Extract from : « Desert Dust » by Edwin L. Sabin
- I must admit it rather piqued me to be bested in the matter of a woman—and by a soul-puncher.
- Extract from : « The Gold Girl » by James B. Hendryx
- They could be bested by a bunch of boy scouts with twenty-twos!
- Extract from : « Valley of the Croen » by Lee Tarbell
- Went out four matadores and a trump in black, and was bested.
- Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift
- He had been bested at his own game, duplicity, and that irked him.
- Extract from : « The Carpet from Bagdad » by Harold MacGrath
- Why, thin, did the spalpeen say it was himself that was bested?
- Extract from : « The Launch Boys' Cruise in the Deerfoot » by Edward S. Ellis
- Hemp Smith and Jerry Chowden made trouble for him, but he bested them.
- Extract from : « Jack Ranger's Gun Club » by Clarence Young
Synonyms for bested
- beat
- beat up
- better
- blank
- blast
- bulldoze
- clobber
- conquer
- cream
- deck
- drub
- exceed
- excel
- flax
- floor
- get the better of
- knock off
- KO
- lambaste
- let have it
- lick
- master
- outclass
- outdo
- outshine
- outstrip
- overcome
- prevail
- put away
- shoot down
- shut down
- surpass
- take care of
- take down
- tan
- thrash
- top
- total
- transcend
- trash
- triumph
- triumph over
- trounce
- wallop
- waste
- wax
- whip
- whomp
- whop
- wipe
- wipe out
- wipe the floor with
- zap
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