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fall short
| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | go without |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deny or be denied |
| Synonyms: | abstain, be deprived of, do without, fall short, go short, lack, need, want |
| Antonyms: | earn, get, indulge, take, use |
| Main Entry: | let down |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disappoint |
| Synonyms: | abandon, depress, disenchant, disillusion, dissatisfy, fail, fall short, leave in lurch, leave stranded, lower, pull down, take down |
| Antonyms: | benefit, satisfy |
| Main Entry: | lose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be deprived of; mislay |
| Synonyms: | be careless, be impoverished, be reduced, become poorer, bereave, capitulate, consume, default, deplete, disinherit, displace, dispossess, dissipate, divest, drain, drop, exhaust, expend, fail, fail to keep, fall short, forfeit, forget, give up, lavish, misplace, miss, misspend, oust, pass up, relinquish, rob, sacrifice, squander, suffer, suffer loss, surrender, use up, waste, yield |
| Notes: | loose means not restrained, fastened, confined or attached, while lose means fail to keep or to maintain or fail to win |
| Antonyms: | hold on to, keep, maintain |
| 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: | miss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, make a mistake |
| Synonyms: | be late for, blow, blunder, botch, disregard, drop, drop the ball, err, fall flat on face, fall short, flub, forget, fumble, ignore, juggle, let go, let slip, lose, miscarry, misfire, mislay, misplace, muff, neglect, omit, overlook, overshoot, pass over, pass up, skip, slight, slip, trip, trip up, undershoot |
| Antonyms: | do well, get, succeed |
| Main Entry: | shrink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | become smaller |
| Synonyms: | compress, concentrate, condense, constrict, contract, decrease, deflate, diminish, drop off, dwindle, fail, fall off, fall short, grow smaller, lessen, narrow, reduce, shorten, shrivel, wane, waste, waste away, weaken, wither, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | develop, enlarge, expand, grow, stretch |
| Main Entry: | wane |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | diminish, lessen |
| Synonyms: | abate, atrophy, decline, decrease, die away, die down, die out, dim, draw to a close, drop, dwindle, ease off, ebb, fade, fade away, fail, fall, fall short, let up, moderate, peter out, relent, shrink, sink, slack off, slacken, subside, taper off, waste away, weaken, wind down, wither |
| Notes: | wane means to gradually decrease in strength or size, while wax means to increase in size or strength |
| Antonyms: | grow, increase, raise, rise |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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