Thesaurus / foiled
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synonyms for foiled
- counter
- curb
- elude
- frustrate
- hinder
- nullify
- prevent
- thwart
- baffle
- balk
- beat
- bilk
- bollix
- buffalo
- check
- checkmate
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- dash
- defeat
- disappoint
- disconcert
- ditch
- dodge
- duck
- faze
- juke
- outwit
- rattle
- restrain
- shake
- skip
- stop
- stymie
- foul up
- get around
- give the run-around
- give the slip
- hang up
- run circles around
- run rings around
- shake off
- shuffle off
- throw monkey wrench in
- upset the apple cart
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At least two of these militia members were later arrested for the foiled plot to kidnap Whitmer.
WHY MILITIAS ARE SO HARD TO STOPKALEIGH ROGERSMAY 18, 2021FIVETHIRTYEIGHTNow, jealousy and perception awoke together—at one sweeping glance backward, she saw herself slighted—foiled—duped!
ALONEMARION HARLANDHe is a dangerous man, and will be more dangerous after being again foiled by me as he has been to-day.
THE CHILDREN OF THE NEW FORESTCAPTAIN MARRYATThey were foiled by the valour of the British seamen who, under a heavy fire, grappled the blazing ships and towed them ashore.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNTFeinting with his left, the Mauler clinched heavily with his right, but Ralph foiled the attack with a clever half-nelson.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOL. 147, SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1914VARIOUSThe attempt was foiled, but night had fallen before Gary found where the liquor was hidden.
RALPH GRANGER'S FORTUNESWILLIAM PERRY BROWNFoiled in this attempt they began to pelt them with garbage, so that soon their white robes were stained and filthy.
FAIR MARGARETH. RIDER HAGGARDThat was hateful; but it seemed worse when she thought of a woman commanding the faculty and consenting to be duped and foiled.
LORD ORMONT AND HIS AMINTA, COMPLETEGEORGE MEREDITHUtterly as this plan was foiled in the future, it was far from being the wild dream which it has often been considered.
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, VOLUME VIII (OF 8)JOHN RICHARD GREENSuch a restoration would have foiled their projects of aggrandizement in Eastern Europe.
HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH PEOPLE, VOLUME VIII (OF 8)JOHN RICHARD GREENSYNONYM OF THE DAY
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WORDS RELATED TO FOILED
- aghast
- balked
- beaten
- chapfallen
- complaining
- crestfallen
- defeated
- depressed
- despondent
- disconcerted
- discontented
- discouraged
- disenchanted
- disgruntled
- disillusioned
- dissatisfied
- distressed
- down
- down in the dumps
- downcast
- downhearted
- foiled
- frustrated
- hopeless
- objecting
- shot down
- taken down
- thwarted
- unhappy
- unsatisfied
- upset
- vanquished
- worsted
- barred
- blocked
- bound
- bounded
- bridled
- chained
- checked
- clogged
- closed
- confined
- controlled
- cramped
- curbed
- decreased
- defined
- deprived
- deterred
- diminished
- encircled
- fastened
- fettered
- foiled
- frustrated
- governed
- hampered
- held back
- impeded
- inhibited
- manacled
- moderated
- modified
- narrowed
- obstructed
- prescribed
- prevented
- reduced
- reined in
- repressed
- restrained
- secured
- shortened
- small
- stayed
- stopped
- suppressed
- surrounded
- tempered
- tethered
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