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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | abortion, blunder, botched situation, breakdown, debacle, disaster, dumb thing to do, dumb trick, embarrassment, error, failure, farce, flap, flop, mess, miscarriage, route, ruin, screwup, stunt, washout |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, miracle, success, wonder |
| Main Entry: | catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calamity; unhappy conclusion |
| Synonyms: | accident, adversity, affliction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, meltdown, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, the worst, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo, wreck |
| Antonyms: | benefit, blessing, favor, good fortune, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder |
| Main Entry: | debacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | beating, blue ruin, breakdown, collapse, crack-up, crash, defeasance, defeat, devastation, disaster, dissolution, downfall, drubbing, failure, fiasco, havoc, licking, overthrow, reversal, rout, ruin, ruination, shellacking, smash, smashup, trouncing, vanquishment, washout, wreck |
| Antonyms: | boon, miracle, wonder |
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saddening situation; letdown |
| Synonyms: | bitter pill, blind alley, blow, blunder, bringdown, bummer, bust, calamity, defeat, disaster, discouragement, downer, downfall, drag, dud, error, failure, false alarm, faux pas*, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, impasse, inefficacy, lemon, miscalculation, mischance, misfortune, mishap, mistake, obstacle, old one-two, setback, slip, washout |
| Antonyms: | boost, comfort, happiness, help, miracle, pleasure, relief, success, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disaster |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident, trouble |
| Synonyms: | act of God, adversity, affliction, bad luck, bad news, bale, bane, blight, blow, bust, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, catastrophe, collapse, collision, crash, debacle, defeat, depression, emergency, exigency, failure, fall, fell stroke, fiasco, flood, flop, grief, hard luck, harm, hazard, holocaust, hot water, ill luck, misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap, reverse, rock, rough, ruin, ruination, setback, slip, stroke, the worst, tragedy, undoing, upset, washout, woe |
| Antonyms: | blessing, good fortune, good luck, miracle, prosperity, success, triumph, win, wonder |
| Main Entry: | failure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of success |
| Synonyms: | abortion, bankruptcy, bomb, botch, breakdown, bungle, bust, checkmate, collapse, decay, decline, defeat, deficiency, deficit, deterioration, downfall, failing, false step, faux pas, fiasco, flash in the pan, flop, frustration, implosion, inadequacy, lead balloon, lemon, loser, loss, mess, misadventure, miscarriage, misstep, nonperformance, nonsuccess, overthrow, rout, rupture, sinking ship, stalemate, stoppage, total loss, turkey, washout, wreck |
| Antonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, attainment, earnings, gain, merit, success, win |
| Main Entry: | flask |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small container for liquid |
| Synonyms: | alembic, ampulla, bag, beaker, bottle, canteen, carafe, caster, chalice, crock, cruet, crystal, decanter, demijohn, ewer, fiasco, flacon, flagon, flasket, glass, goblet, gourd, horn, jar, jug, noggin, phial, retort, tumbler, urn, vial |
| Main Entry: | flop |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | miserable failure |
| Synonyms: | bomb, bust, debacle, disaster, dud, fiasco, lemon, loser, miscarriage, nonstarter, washout |
| Antonyms: | accomplishment, achievement, success |
| Main Entry: | washout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| Synonyms: | disaster, downpour, erosion, fiasco, flop, gully |
| Antonyms: | success, triumph |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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