loser
loser (lo̵̅o̅′zər)
noun
- one that loses
- Informal one that seems doomed to lose; esp., an ineffectual person who habitually fails or is easily victimized
- a person who reacts to loss or defeat in a specified way a poor loser
- Slang a person who has been imprisoned for crime a (specified) number of times a three-time loser
loser
n.
Converse of object
- compensate: They argued that compensating the losers from the reform process would help overcome the problem.
- declare: Should one of the two fighters not appear he will be declared loser of the fight.
- pick: I know you avoid handicaps and maidens but I still seem to pick a loser.
- bear: What you actually achieve is determined by your attitude You were not born a winner and you were not born a loser.
- avoid: I now took the best chance of avoiding two trump losers by playing A and another.
- become: If I end up becoming a loser, her name will always be mentioned in bad terms.
Adjective modifier
- sore: Using Nintendo's robust WiFi Connection service, it's lag-free and fast ( except when sore losers disconnect!
- perennial: Was per person perennial losers have to join a par sandals golf.
- gracious: I would say that as far as losing I try and be a gracious loser.
- sad: Quite frankly, are we interested in these sad losers?
- lucky: There were two lucky losers, but Malaysia didn't get one of them - how unfortunate.
Modifies a noun
- Feb: Winners and Losers Feb 8 2006, 07:52 PM 20 % easily, and taken ages to sell to boot.
- medal: Unfortunately for Angus he ended up with only a losers medal that day.
Noun used with modifier
- vote: Bring the old bastard on, I'm sure he is a vote loser.
- round: Subject to there being 16+ entries in any event a plate event for 1st round losers will be organized.
Possessives
- life: He's one of life's losers who's always just ' one plan away ' from making his fortune.
Preposition: in
- war: So who were the winners and losers in the war for talent?
Preposition: of
- match: Paul Paddick's Bicester County Club ( Oxfordshire ) will take on the losers of match one, Grove Elite.
Preposition: than
- winner: Contrary to Labor's promise there are clearly going to be many more losers than winners.
Sempre que os homens sabidos lhe diziam palavras dif|¤ceis, ele sa|¤a logrado. Sobressaltava-se escutando-as. Evidentemente so¤ serviam para encobrir ladroeiras. Mas eram bonitas. Whenever men with book learning used big words in dealing with him, he came out the loser. It startled him just to hear those words.Obviously they were just a cover for robbery. But they sounded nice.
Show me a gambler and I'll show you a loser, show me a hero, and I'll show you a corpse.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
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