Step 1: Understanding the Word:
'Victorious' is an adjective meaning having won a victory; triumphant.
Step 2: Finding the Antonym:
An antonym is a word with the opposite meaning. The opposite of winning is losing.
Let's analyze the options:
- (A) Defeated: This means having been beaten in a battle or contest; lost. This is the direct opposite of victorious.
- (B) Annexed: This means to add territory to one's own by appropriation. It's related to conflict but not an opposite.
- (C) Destroyed: This means to ruin or put an end to the existence of something. While a defeated army might be destroyed, it's not the direct antonym.
- (D) Winner: This is a synonym (a word with the same meaning) for someone who is victorious.
Step 3: Final Answer:
The correct antonym of 'Victorious' is Defeated.