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🏠 Having an owner 😳 Completely defeated
owned

owned

9.8
Completely defeated and made to look foolish, often in a game or online
  • adjective
  • /oʊnd/
  • Slang
translation icon : humillado
  • In the online game, the experienced player owned everyone else, showcasing their superior strategy.

I'm like to you're fucking dead, bro, you got owned.

Examples

  • And even some of his strongest supporters are admitting that Trump got owned by Nancy Pelosi.

  • Mitch McConnell is a broken down old man owned by cheap labor lobbyists.

  • Sometimes the people who want to own it end up being owned by it.

  • Completely owned he was in the wrong and wants to put it right.

  • And this pilot, this person driving up front owned our lives.

  • They were really owned by the Soviet Union.

  • After losing the final match, he realized he was completely owned by his opponent's skill.

  • During the heated debate, she felt owned when he presented evidence that contradicted her argument.

Synonyms

to dominate
vsowned
275 3.7

To have strong control over people or things

is informal slang focused on total defeat or humiliation in games online
to own
vsowned
  • Slang
270 9.7

Beat someone badly in a game or match to show you are better

is about being completely defeated or humiliated after that action
dominated
vsowned
2.9

Controlled by a more powerful person, group, or force

is slang for being completely defeated or humiliated often in online play

Antonyms

victorious
62 3.7

A person who has won a contest or match and feels proud

Compounds

employee-owned business
3.6

A company where the people who work there have most or all the shares

employee-owned enterprise
4.6

A business where workers have most or all of the company, often through shares

How Defeated

destroyed
2.8
owned
  • Slang
9.8
humiliated
  • Offensive
1 3.7
defeated
2.0
to beat
∞ 1.4

Surface Forms

owned positive

Morphology

owned = own (semi-transparent) = own + ed

Formed from 'own' + '-ed', but the slang sense 'defeated/ humiliated' is a semantic shift from possession and is not fully predictable for average learners.

Etymology

Owned in slang grew from using own to mean 'to control' or 'dominate' in games and online talk; one player 'owns' another by beating or embarrassing them. So to be owned now means to be completely defeated or humiliated.