FAILURE Synonyms

• an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

• a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

• fold or close up

• fall apart

• cause to burst

• suffer a nervous breakdown

• lose significance, effectiveness, or value

• a sudden and violent collapse

• flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

• a sound defeat

• an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

• the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

• win a victory over

• thwart the passage of

• a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

• an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone

• a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

• an act that has disastrous consequences

• anxious embarrassment

• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

• a sudden and violent collapse

• an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers

• someone who is unsuccessful

• a complete failure

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• with a flopping sound

• completely

• fall loosely

• fall suddenly and abruptly

• fail utterly; collapse

• a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

• something that is lost

• gradual decline in amount or activity

• the act of losing someone or something

• the disadvantage that results from losing something

• the experience of losing a loved one

• the amount by which the cost of a business exceeds its revenue

• military personnel lost by death or capture

• euphemistic expressions for death

• a contestant who loses the contest

• a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

• a gambler who loses a bet

• a state of complete lack of some abstract property

• inability to discharge all your debts as they come due

• a legal process intended to insure equality among the creditors of a corporation declared to be insolvent

• a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently

• a horse that fails to run in a race for which it has been entered

• a person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently