Synonyms of flames out

flames out

verb

present tense third-person singular of flame out

as in fails

to be unsuccessful

even at the reception, some were predicting that the marriage would flame out before the fancy china ever got used

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fails
• collapses
• flops
• strikes out
• folds
• bombs
• misses
• struggles
• washes out
• tanks
• falls short
• lays an egg
• comes to grief
• comes a cropper
• dies on the vine
• founders
• falls flat
• comes up empty
• flunks
• craters
• declines
• falls on one's face
• crashes
• slumps
• slips
• skids
• crumbles
• flounders
• wanes
• sinks
• miscarries
• misfires
• goes under
• implodes
• self-destructs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• works out
• comes off
• goes over
• goes
• succeeds
• delivers
• clicks
• pans out
• flourishes
• thrives
• cooks
• prevails
• wins
• triumphs
• prospers

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flames out

There are lots of ideas about how and why a person might suddenly burst into flames out there, from lightning strikes, intestinal gases, acts of God, and even ketosis. — Popular Science Team, Popular Science, 4 Nov. 2026

Nothing majorly dramatic happens, no one flames out in the kitchen, no dish is an absolute failure. — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 9 June 2026

Wings that shot flames out of them. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 30 May 2026

And maybe Kiffin wins huge at LSU while Sumrall flames out in three years. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 May 2026

Beijing is working to engineer China’s technological and industrial dominance, backing Russia in a destabilizing war in Europe, and generally setting the stage to achieve global supremacy when the United States flames out. — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026

Firefighters instead used heavy equipment to cover it with dirt to put the flames out. — Brandon Downs, CBS News, 5 Mar. 2026

Our dream of going back to the moon and onto Mars and more distant worlds—not least to ensure our species’ survival before the sun flames out and engulfs most of the solar system—can be seen as just one more step in evolution’s long march. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 22 Oct. 2025