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Fiasco synonyms
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debacle
A violent flood.
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  1. A violent flood.
  2. A total, often ludicrous, collapse or failure
  3. A sudden, disastrous collapse, downfall, or defeat; a rout.
miscarriage
Failure of mail, freight, etc. to reach its destination
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  1. Failure of mail, freight, etc. to reach its destination
  2. Bad administration; mismanagement:
  3. The spontaneous, premature expulsion of a nonviable embryo or fetus from the uterus.
blunder
A foolish or stupid mistake
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  1. A foolish or stupid mistake
  2. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
farce
Broad humor of the kind found in such plays
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  1. Broad humor of the kind found in such plays
  2. (Countable) A motion picture or play featuring this style of humor.
  3. A light dramatic work in which highly improbable plot situations, exaggerated characters, and often slapstick elements are used for humorous effect.
bust
(Informal) A spree:
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  1. (Informal) A spree:
  2. A person or thing that is a total failure
  3. A failure; a flop:
failure
The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends:
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  1. The condition or fact of not achieving the desired end or ends:
  2. A cessation of proper functioning or performance:
  3. The condition or fact of being insufficient or falling short:
loser
(Slang) A person who has been imprisoned for crime a (specified) number of times
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  1. (Slang) A person who has been imprisoned for crime a (specified) number of times
  2. A person who takes loss in a specified way:
  3. One that loses opportunities or advantages:
washout
A hole or gap made by such washing away, as in a railroad bed
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  1. A hole or gap made by such washing away, as in a railroad bed
  2. An event or action that fails, is canceled, or ends prematurely, often because of rainy weather.
  3. (Slang) A complete failure
dud
A person or thing that fails or is ineffectual
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  1. A person or thing that fails or is ineffectual
  2. A bomb, shell, or explosive round that fails to detonate.
  3. (Informal) One that is disappointingly ineffective or unsuccessful.
flop
In certain poker games, the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time.
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  1. In certain poker games, the first three community cards that are dealt face up at the same time.
  2. The sound made when flopping.
  3. (Informal) A failure
lemon
(Informal) One that is unsatisfactory or defective:
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  1. (Informal) One that is unsatisfactory or defective:
  2. An inadequate person
  3. The small, spiny, semitropical evergreen citrus tree (Citrus limon) bearing this fruit
bomb
An explosive weapon detonated by impact, proximity to an object, a timing mechanism, or other means.
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  1. An explosive weapon detonated by impact, proximity to an object, a timing mechanism, or other means.
  2. (Informal) A complete failure
  3. (Slang) A dismal failure; a fiasco.
Find another word for fiasco. In this page you can discover 15 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for fiasco, like: debacle, miscarriage, blunder, farce, disaster, failure, bust, failure, loser, washout and dud.

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  • Later in this year he made a most miserable fiasco of the campaign against Montreal, and this finally brought his military career to a dishonourable end.

  • Annie might have a fiasco on her hands if she doesn't act quickly.

  • This wretched fiasco was hardly less satisfactory to the majority of Germans than the manner in which the national claims in Schleswig-Holstein were maintained.

  • Steve was not a good organizer so Tina's surprise party turned out to be a complete fiasco.

  • Some people believe that our president is to blame for this current economic fiasco.

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