Foiled

foiled
    adj 1: disappointingly unsuccessful; "disappointed expectations
           and thwarted ambitions"; "their foiled attempt to capture
           Calais"; "many frustrated poets end as pipe-smoking
           teachers"; "his best efforts were thwarted" [syn:
           {defeated}, {disappointed}, {discomfited}, {foiled},
           {frustrated}, {thwarted}]
    

Foil \Foil\ (foil), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Foiled} (foild); p. pr.
   & vb. n. {Foiling}.] [F. fouler to tread or trample under
   one's feet, to press, oppress. See {Full}, v. t.]
   1. To tread under foot; to trample.
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            King Richard . . . caused the ensigns of Leopold to
            be pulled down and foiled under foot. --Knoless.
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            Whom he did all to pieces breake and foyle,
            In filthy durt, and left so in the loathely soyle.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To render (an effort or attempt) vain or nugatory; to
      baffle; to outwit; to balk; to frustrate; to defeat.
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            And by ? mortal man at length am foiled. --Dryden.
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            Her long locks that foil the painter's power.
                                                  --Byron.
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   3. To blunt; to dull; to spoil; as, to foil the scent in
      chase. --Addison.
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25 Moby Thesaurus words for "foiled":
      baffled, balked, betrayed, bilked, blasted, blighted, chapfallen,
      crestfallen, crossed, crushed, dashed, defeated, disappointed,
      dished, disillusioned, dissatisfied, frustrated, ill done-by,
      ill-served, let down, out of countenance, regretful,
      sorely disappointed, soured, thwarted