debacle

debacle

noun

Definition of DEBACLE

1

a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction <the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929>

Synonyms apocalypse, calamity, cataclysm, catastrophe, debacle (also débâcle), tragedy

Related Words bloodbath, collapse, crash, meltdown; Armageddon, doomsday, end-time; convulsion, paroxysm, upheaval; accident, casualty, fatality; misadventure, mischance, misfortune, mishap; blast, blow, double whammy, one-two (or one-two punch)

Near Antonyms godsend, manna, windfall

2

something that has failed <the movie, which some had predicted would be a blockbuster, turned out to be the summer's biggest debacle at the multiplexes>

Synonyms bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washout

Related Words also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarter

Near Antonyms corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon

Antonyms blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

Variants of DEBACLE

debacle also débâcle