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- Dictionaryfiasco/fɪˈaskəʊ/
noun
- 1. a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one: "his plans turned into a fiasco"
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FIASCO definition: 1. something planned that goes wrong and is a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way: 2…. Learn more.
noun (1) fi· as· co fē-ˈa- (ˌ)skō. also. -ˈä-. pluralfiascoes. Synonyms of fiasco. : a complete failure. The critic called the film a fiasco. … the total fiasco that was his personal life …—Margaret Atwood.
a complete and ignominious failure. Synonyms: bomb, flop, debacle, catastrophe, disaster. a round-bottomed glass flask for wine, especially Chianti, fitted with a woven, protective raffia basket that also enables the bottle to stand upright. fiasco. / fɪˈæskəʊ /.
A fiasco is a disaster. It's not a natural disaster — like an earthquake or a volcano; a fiasco is usually the result of human failure.
FIASCO meaning: 1. something planned that goes wrong and is a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way: 2…. Learn more.
If you describe an event or an attempt to do something as a fiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely.
noun. fiascos. A complete failure; esp., an ambitious project that ends as a ridiculous failure. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A bottle; esp., a long-necked wine bottle with a rounded lower portion covered in woven straw. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A ludicrous or humiliating situation.
