Flash-in-the-pan Synonyms

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Synonyms for Flash-in-the-pan

brief success
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disappointment
The condition or feeling of being disappointed.
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dud
(Informal) One that is disappointingly ineffective or unsuccessful.
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nine-days-wonder
Alternative form of nine day wonder.
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bugbear
Anything causing seemingly needless or excessive fear or anxiety
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misfire
The definition of a misfire is a failure of a gun to fire or discharge correctly, or a failure of an engine to start.
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fiasco
A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
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momentary success
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wet squib
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fad
The definition of a fad is something that people are interested in for a short period of time
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failure
The condition or fact of being insufficient or falling short:
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Flash-in-the-pan Sentence Examples

  • He began, too, to take an active interest in politics over the Eastern Question, but his enthusiasm was at the moment a flash in the pan.

  • When jumpsuits broke onto the fashion scene in the spring, some people thought they were nothing more than a flash in the pan that would fizzle out before they caught on.

  • Simpson's second album, Irresistible, sold considerably less than her first and she was generally thought to have been a flash in the pan.

  • Rather than being a flash in the pan whose albums are bargain bin destined, Sparks has shown signs that she might be able to make her career last for the long haul.

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