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fizzle

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of fizzle

1 a falling short of oneʼs goals

  • the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship
Synonyms of fizzle

collapse, crash, cropper, defeat, failure, nonachievement, nonsuccess
Words Related to fizzle

futility, uselessness

ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficaciousness, inefficacy

deficiency, inadequacy, inadequateness, insufficiency

disappointment, letdown, setback
Near Antonyms of fizzle

victory, win
Antonyms of fizzle

accomplishment, achievement, success

2 something that has failed

  • the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night
Synonyms of fizzle

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

also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss

botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles

nonevent

nonstarter
Near Antonyms of fizzle

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

blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

fizzle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of fizzle

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\

  • oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill
Synonyms of fizzle

fizz, hiss, sizzle, swish, whish, whiz (or whizz)
Words Related to fizzle

swoosh, wheeze, whistle, whoosh, zip

bubble, effervesce

buzz, drone, hum

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