Antonyms for winning

Grammar : Adj

Spell : win-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɪn ɪŋ

Definition of winning

Origin : fusion of Old English winnan "struggle for, work at, strive, fight," and gewinnan "to gain or succeed by struggling, to win," both from Proto-Germanic *wenwanan (cf. Old Saxon winnan, Old Norse vinna, Old Frisian winna, Dutch winnen "to gain, win," Danish vinde "to win," Old High German winnan "to strive, struggle, fight," German gewinnen "to gain, win," Gothic gawinnen "to suffer, toil"). Perhaps related to wish, or from PIE *van- "overcome, conquer." Related: Won; winning.
Sense of "to be victorious" is recorded from c.1300. Breadwinner preserves the sense of "toil" in Old English winnan. Phrase you can't win them all (1954) first attested in Raymond Chandler. Winningest is attested by 1804.

adj triumphant

Example sentences :

If we are to keep in the race at all, to say nothing of winning it, the spirit must be free.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

He could not even keep her after winning her; desire blinded him.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

The winning of a battle is not enough to engage all our admiration; it must be won by an artist.
Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris

What a winning singularity must have distinguished his actions!
Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox

She now suffered him to regain courage, by winning back some of his own money.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 3 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

I had hoped that I should win, that I was winning, my way to her affection!
Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton

But there is nothing singular in that; who could help loving so beautiful and winning a creature!
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

But Hamish could not lose his sunny temperament, his winning manner.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Let the Doctor play the winning game; I will play the losing one.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

I see him winning it so well, that my name is made illustrious there by the light of his.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

Synonyms for winning

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