fiasco

Noun

Meaning

A complete or ridiculous failure, esp. of a musical performance, or of any pretentious undertaking.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

debacle lemon failure defeat bomb collapse disaster fail breakdown bankruptcy hash abortion disappointment ruin frustration
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Antonyms

foot in the door acme bravo encore wow order
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Hypernyms

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Phrases with the word

total fiasco abortion fiasco be a fiasco

Derivatives

fiascoes

Anagrams

cafiso fascio

Examples

Adverts have been sent to Facebook users in target seats, stating that the exams fiasco is “robbing young people of their future” and calling on constituents to contact their local Tory MP, who is named and pictured. Source: Internet

And Ron Klain, the former Ebola czar under President Barack Obama, said on a recent Center for American Progress panel that “part of this fiasco is the president setting as the default, ‘Bring me no bad news, do nothing to disrupt the economy.’ Source: Internet

After PlayStation experienced a similar slump with the PS3 pricing fiasco, the PS4 made a huge comeback as one of the best selling video game consoles of all time. Source: Internet

After the IHV fiasco, id Software released a beta of the game called Quake III Arena Test on April 24, 1999. Source: Internet

A YouGov poll this week, one of the first since the exam-grading fiasco, shows a significant shrinking of the Tory lead over Labour. Source: Internet

But the main reason for the fiasco was the simple reluctance of the soldiers to fight. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

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