All fiasco synonyms
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F f noun fiasco
- catastrophe — A catastrophe is an unexpected event that causes great suffering or damage.
- breakdown — The breakdown of something such as a relationship, plan, or discussion is its failure or ending.
- disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
- farce — a light, humorous play in which the plot depends upon a skillfully exploited situation rather than upon the development of character.
- failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
- mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- flop — to fall or plump down suddenly, especially with noise; drop or turn with a sudden bump or thud (sometimes followed by down): The puppy flopped down on the couch.
- blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
- debacle — A debacle is an event or attempt that is a complete failure.
- stunt — to use in doing stunts: to stunt an airplane.
- flap — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
- 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.
- ruin — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- abortion — If a woman has an abortion, she ends her pregnancy deliberately so that the baby is not born alive.
- miscarriage — the expulsion of a fetus before it is viable, especially between the third and seventh months of pregnancy; spontaneous abortion. Compare abortion (def 1).
- screwup — a mistake or blunder: The package was delayed through an addressing screwup.
- route — a course, way, or road for passage or travel: What's the shortest route to Boston?
- shambles — a shambling gait.
- cockup — something done badly
- embarrassment — A feeling of self-consciousness, shame, or awkwardness.
- error — A mistake.