All fizzle synonyms
fiz·zle
F f verb fizzle
- collapse — If a building or other structure collapses, it falls down very suddenly.
- misfire — (of a rifle or gun or of a bullet or shell) to fail to fire or explode.
- wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- abort — If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- peter out — to diminish gradually and stop; dwindle to nothing: The hot water always peters out in the middle of my shower.
- fail — to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
- miscarry — to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- die — When people, animals, and plants die, they stop living.
- dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
- die out — If something dies out, it becomes less and less common and eventually disappears completely.
- end — Come or bring to a final point; finish.
- fall through — to drop or descend under the force of gravity, as to a lower place through loss or lack of support.
- come to nothing — plan, idea: fail
- fizz — to make a hissing or sputtering sound; effervesce.
- hiss — to make or emit a sharp sound like that of the letter s prolonged, as a snake does, or as steam does when forced under pressure through a small opening.
- sizzle — to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
- sputter — to make explosive popping or sizzling sounds.
- bubble — Bubbles are small balls of air or gas in a liquid.
- effervesce — to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.
- spit — to eject saliva from the mouth; expectorate.
- buzz — If something buzzes or buzzes somewhere, it makes a long continuous sound, like the noise a bee makes when it is flying.
- fade away — to lose brightness or vividness of color.
- disappear — to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- come to an end — to become completed or exhausted
- vanish — to disappear from sight, especially quickly; become invisible: The frost vanished when the sun came out.
noun fizzle
- success — the favorable or prosperous termination of attempts or endeavors; the accomplishment of one's goals.
- nonfulfillment — neglect or failure to fulfill or carry out as required.
- bringdown — a disappointment
- frustration — act of frustrating; state of being frustrated: the frustration of the president's efforts.
- disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
- sibilate — to hiss.