Synonyms of miscarried

miscarried

verb

past tense of miscarry

as in failed

to go wrong

the scheme to save the stranded dolphins miscarried, and all were lost

Synonyms & Similar Words

• failed
• died
• misfired
• stalled
• fell short
• came to grief
• fell flat
• missed
• flopped
• struggled
• crashed
• came a cropper
• foundered
• flunked
• folded
• fizzled
• waned
• floundered
• bombed
• skidded
• slumped
• washed out
• slipped
• broke down
• busted
• declined
• tanked
• flamed out
• conked (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeded
• prevailed
• flourished
• prospered
• thrived

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of miscarried

Abdel Gelil miscarried at the same point in a previous pregnancy. — ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

The Cincinnati Bengals player, 31, and his wife announced in a joint Instagram post on Friday, July 17, that their baby, a boy, miscarried at 16 weeks. — Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 19 July 2026

Two years later, in May 2025, Andrews recorded an emotional episode on the same day her surrogate miscarried. — Jayna Bardahl, New York Times, 15 July 2026

Goodman miscarried multiple times, and lost at least one child in infancy. — Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 1 June 2026

Gutierrez had been held hostage alongside two of his nieces, one of whom was three months pregnant and subsequently miscarried. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 3 Apr. 2026

Cillíní were reserved for babies who were stillborn, miscarried, or died at birth without having been baptized. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 8 Feb. 2026

So his wife miscarried five more times before Nile and died of ovarian cancer. — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 13 Nov. 2025

There were initial claims that the 15-year-old girl miscarried, police told WSYX, but it was later revealed the baby was born alive and died for unknown reasons. — Mike Stunson, Kansas City Star, 5 Nov. 2025