All fizzle out synonyms
fizΒ·zle out
F f verb fizzle out
- wither β to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- faint β lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- wither β to shrivel; fade; decay: The grapes had withered on the vine.
- suffer β to undergo or feel pain or distress: The patient is still suffering.
- flop β 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.
- fizzle β to make a hissing or sputtering sound, especially one that dies out weakly.
- backfire β If a plan or project backfires, it has the opposite result to the one that was intended.
- fall flat β horizontally level: a flat roof.
- stop β to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
- fall β 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.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- disappear β to cease to be seen; vanish from sight.
- deteriorate β If something deteriorates, it becomes worse in some way.
- dwindle β to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
- despond β to lose heart or hope; become disheartened; despair
- hunger β a compelling need or desire for food.
- sigh β to let out one's breath audibly, as from sorrow, weariness, or relief.
- yearn β to have an earnest or strong desire; long: to yearn for a quiet vacation.
- pine β Archaic. painful longing.
- brood β A brood is a group of baby birds that were born at the same time to the same mother.
- repine β to be fretfully discontented; fret; complain.
- long β having considerable linear extent in space: a long distance; a long handle.
- waste β to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- sorrow β distress caused by loss, affliction, disappointment, etc.; grief, sadness, or regret.
- hanker β to have a restless or incessant longing (often followed by after, for, or an infinitive).
- flag β flagstone (def 1).
- snivel β to weep or cry with sniffling.
- desire β A desire is a strong wish to do or have something.
- grieve β to feel grief or great sorrow: She has grieved over his death for nearly three years.
- sicken β disgust
- tucker β Richard, 1915β75, U.S. operatic tenor.
- fag β Extremely Disparaging and Offensive. a contemptuous term used to refer to a male homosexual.
- blunder β A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
- flounder β to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- abort β If an unborn baby is aborted, the pregnancy is ended deliberately and the baby is not born alive.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- miscarry β to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- bate β (of hawks) to jump violently from a perch or the falconer's fist, often hanging from the leash while struggling to escape
- ebb β the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane β to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- crumble β If something crumbles, or if you crumble it, it breaks into a lot of small pieces.
- degenerate β If you say that someone or something degenerates, you mean that they become worse in some way, for example weaker, lower in quality, or more dangerous.
- rot β to undergo decomposition; decay.
- weaken β to make weak or weaker.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- droop β to sag, sink, bend, or hang down, as from weakness, exhaustion, or lack of support.
- decay β When something such as a dead body, a dead plant, or a tooth decays, it is gradually destroyed by a natural process.
- molder β to turn to dust by natural decay; crumble; disintegrate; waste away: a house that had been left to molder.
- rankle β (of unpleasant feelings, experiences, etc.) to continue to cause keen irritation or bitter resentment within the mind; fester; be painful.