FAILURES Synonyms

• an irrecoverable state of devastation and destruction

• an event that results in destruction

• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

• destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined

• an embarrassing mistake

• commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

• make one's way clumsily or blindly

• utter impulsively

• the act of disrupting an established order so it fails to continue

• a mental or physical breakdown

• (biology) the process of decay caused by bacterial or fungal action

• a cessation of normal operation

• an analysis into mutually exclusive categories

• (chemistry) separation of a substance into two or more substances that may differ from each other and from the original substance

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

• an abrupt failure of function or complete physical exhaustion

• a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

• break down, literally or metaphorically

• collapse due to fatigue, an illness, or a sudden attack

• fold or close up

• fall apart

• cause to burst

• suffer a nervous breakdown

• lose significance, effectiveness, or value

• a sudden and violent collapse

• flooding caused by a tumultuous breakup of ice in a river during the spring or summer

• a sound defeat

• an unsuccessful ending to a struggle or contest

• the feeling that accompanies an experience of being thwarted in attaining your goals

• win a victory over

• thwart the passage of

• a feeling of dissatisfaction that results when your expectations are not realized

• an act (or failure to act) that disappoints someone

• a state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune

• an event resulting in great loss and misfortune

• an act that has disastrous consequences

• failure that results in a loss of position or reputation

• the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist)

• a sudden decline in strength or number or importance

• a worsening of business or economic activity

• a flaw or weak point

• failure to reach a minimum required performance

• below acceptable in performance

• a sudden and violent collapse

• an arithmetic operation performed on floating-point numbers

• someone who is unsuccessful

• a complete failure

• the act of throwing yourself down; collapse; sink

• with a flopping sound

• completely

• fall loosely

• fall suddenly and abruptly

• fail utterly; collapse

• a mistake resulting from inattention

• a break or intermission in the occurrence of something

• a failure to maintain a higher state

• pass into a specified state or condition; sink into

• end, at least for a long time

• drop to a lower level, as in one's morals or standards

• go back to bad behavior

• let slip

• for time to move forward

• an explosion that fails to occur

• a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

• fail to fire or detonate

• an unpredictable outcome that is unfortunate

• an instance of misfortune

• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

• an unfortunate happening that hinders or impedes; something that is thwarting or frustrating