All fall flat synonyms

verb fall flat

• misfire — (of a rifle or gun or of a bullet or shell) to fail to fire or explode.
• backfire — If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
• smash — to break to pieces with violence and often with a crashing sound, as by striking, letting fall, or dashing against something; shatter: He smashed the vase against the wall.
• plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
• hurtle — to rush violently; move with great speed: The car hurtled down the highway.
• collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
• tumble — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
• ditch — a long, narrow excavation made in the ground by digging, as for draining or irrigating land; trench.
• dive — to plunge into water, especially headfirst.
• drop — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
• collide — If two or more moving people or objects collide, they crash into one another. If a moving person or object collides with a person or object that is not moving, they crash into them.
• bump — If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• meet — greatest lower bound
• topple — to fall forward, as from having too heavy a top; pitch; tumble down.
• overturn — to destroy the power of; overthrow; defeat; vanquish.
• dissatisfy — to cause to be displeased, especially by failing to provide something expected or desired.
• disillusion — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
• dishearten — to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
• dumbfound — to make speechless with amazement; astonish.
• disconcert — to disturb the self-possession of; perturb; ruffle: Her angry reply disconcerted me completely.
• baffle — If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
• deceive — If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
• fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
• hamper — to hold back; hinder; impede: A steady rain hampered the progress of the work.
• mislead — to lead or guide wrongly; lead astray.
• disenchant — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• decline — If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• break down — If a machine or a vehicle breaks down, it stops working.
• close — When you close something such as a door or lid or when it closes, it moves so that a hole, gap, or opening is covered.
• bomb — A bomb is a device which explodes and damages or destroys a large area.
• flummox — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
• sprawl — to be stretched or spread out in an unnatural or ungraceful manner: The puppy's legs sprawled in all directions.
• upset — to overturn: to upset a pitcher of milk.
• lurch — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
• pancake — a thin, flat cake of batter fried on both sides on a griddle or in a frying pan; griddlecake or flapjack.
• pitch — to smear or cover with pitch.
• overbalance — to outweigh: The opportunity overbalances the disadvantages of leaving town.
• prang — to collide with; bump into.
• washout — a washing out of earth, gravel, etc., by water, as from an embankment or a roadway by heavy rain or by a flash flood.
• hinder — to cause delay, interruption, or difficulty in; hamper; impede: The storm hindered our progress.
• thwart — to oppose successfully; prevent from accomplishing a purpose.
• founder — a person who founds or casts metal, glass, etc.
• tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
• chagrin — Chagrin is a feeling of disappointment, upset, or annoyance, perhaps because of your own failure.
• balk — If you balk at something, you definitely do not want to do it or to let it happen.
• vex — to irritate; annoy; provoke: His noisy neighbors often vexed him.
• dash — If you dash somewhere, you run or go there quickly and suddenly.
• disgruntle — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.