| Main Entry: | crash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall |
Synonyms: |
bite the dust, bump, collapse, collide, crash-land, ditch, dive, drive into, drop, fall flat, fall headlong, fall prostrate, give way, go in, hurtle, lurch, meet, overbalance, overturn, pancake, pitch, plough into, plunge, prang, slip, smash, splash down, sprawl, topple, tumble, upset, washout |
| Main Entry: | disappoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sadden, dismay; frustrate |
Synonyms: |
abort, baffle, balk, bring to naught, bungle, cast down, chagrin, circumvent, come to nothing, dash, dash hopes, deceive, delude, disconcert, disenchant, disgruntle, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound, embitter, fail, fall down on, fall flat, fall short of, foil, founder, hamper, hinder, leave in the lurch, let down, miscarry, mislead, not show, put out, ruin prospects, stand up, tease, thwart, torment, vex |
Antonyms: |
delight, excite, make happy, please, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be unsuccessful |
Synonyms: |
abort, back wrong horse, backslide, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat, fall short, fall through, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, go astray, go down swinging, go down, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, miscarry, miss, miss the boat, play into, run aground, slip, turn out badly |
Antonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, earn, gain, merit, obtain, prosper, reach, succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | flop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail miserably |
Synonyms: |
bomb*, close, come apart, come to nothing, fall flat, fall short, flummox, fold, founder, miscarry, misfire, wash out |
Antonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | misfire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail |
Synonyms: |
abort, backfire, blunder, break down, come to nothing, explode, fall flat, fall short, fizz out, fizzle, fizzle out, flop, flounder, go up in smoke, go wrong, miscarry, miss, peter out, poop out, slip |
| Main Entry: | miscarry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail to attain goal |
Synonyms: |
abort, back wrong horse, backslide, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat, fall short, fall through, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, go astray, go down swinging, go down, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, misfire, miss, miss fire, miss the boat, miss the mark, play into, run aground, slip*, turn out badly |