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flash in the pan
| Main Entry: |
flash in the pan
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | momentary success |
| Synonyms: | brief success, bugbear, dud, fad, failure, misfire, nine days' wonder, wet squib |
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| 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: | fleeting |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brief, transient |
| Synonyms: | cursory, ephemeral, evanescent, fading, flash in the pan, flitting, flying, fugacious, fugitive, impermanent, meteoric, momentary, passing, short, short-lived, sudden, temporary, transitory, vanishing, volatile |
| Antonyms: | constant, continual, endless, enduring, lasting, lengthy, long, long-lived, permanent, perpetual |
| Main Entry: | nine days' wonder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | momentary success |
| Synonyms: | annus mirabilis, fifteen minutes of fame, flash in the pan, nine-day wonder, phenom, phenomenon, sensation, stunner, wonderment |
| Main Entry: | insolvency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | nonfeasance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| Synonyms: | abortion, bankruptcy, bomb*, botch, breakdown, bungle, bust, checkmate, collapse, decay, decline, default, defeat, deficiency, deficit, delinquency, dereliction, 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, neglect, nonperformance, nonsuccess, omission, overthrow, rout, rupture, sinking ship, stalemate, stoppage, total loss, turkey, washout, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsuccess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| 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, unsuccessfulness, washout, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unsuccessfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| 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, unsuccess, washout, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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