Synonyms for failures
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : feyl-yer |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪl yər |
Top 10 synonyms for failures Other synonyms for the word failures
- abortion
- also-ran
- bankrupt
- beat
- bomb
- born loser
- botch
- bum
- bungle
- bust
- castaway
- checkmate
- deadbeat
- decay
- defaulter
- deficit
- derelict
- downfall
- dud
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- good-for-nothing
- has-been
- implosion
- inadequacy
- incompetent
- insolvent
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loafer
- loser
- lumpy
- mess
- might-have-been
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- moocher
- no-good
- nobody
- nonperformance
- nonperformer
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- prodigal
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- underachiever
- washout
- wreck
Définition of failures
Origin :- 1640s, failer, from Anglo-French failer, from Old French falir (see fail (v.)). The verb in Anglo-French used as a noun; ending altered 17c. to conform with words in -ure.
- noun lack of success
- noun person who does not succeed
- Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Whatever explanation of our sufferings and failures there may be we must not shuffle them off on God.
- Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
- Then, "Would there be any failures," he said, "if one could explain them?"
- Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton
- She is a dbutante, and among the number presented to us it is only natural that some should be failures.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- I had all the artists, the students, dying folks, and the failures.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- That one shall be heir to all the successes of each of us and shall disclaim all the failures of each.
- Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr
- It may almost be said to measure the failures and false boundaries in women's loves.
- Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley
- Their work should be full of failures; for these are the signs of efforts.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- I loved Roland, and yet all my efforts to make him happy were failures.
- Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
- After all, he himself, if not actually an outcast, was one of life's failures.
- Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt
Antonyms for failures
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