NichiDict

惨敗

ざんぱい
[zanpai]

Meanings

1.NounNoun・suruIntransitive

ignominious defeat; crushing failure; utterly beaten; overwhelming defeat

Examples

チームは大差で惨敗を喫した。

The team suffered a crushing defeat by a wide margin.

選挙で惨敗した候補者が辞職した。

The candidate who suffered a crushing defeat resigned.

初戦で惨敗して士気が下がった。

A crushing defeat in the first match lowered morale.