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noun
- 1. a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one: "his plans turned into a fiasco"
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noun (1) fi· as· co fē-ˈa- (ˌ)skō. also. -ˈä-. plural fiascoes. Synonyms of fiasco. : a complete failure. The critic called the film a fiasco. … the total fiasco that was his personal life ….
FIASCO definition: 1. something planned that goes wrong and is a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way: 2…. Learn more.
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. Discover More.
FIASCO meaning: 1. something planned that goes wrong and is a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way: 2…. Learn more.
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 comes from the Italian term that means "to make a bottle."
Noun. 1. fiasco - a sudden and violent collapse. debacle. collapse - a natural event caused by something suddenly falling down or caving in; "the roof is in danger of collapse"; "the collapse of the old star under its own gravity".
If you describe an event or attempt to do something as a fiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely.
What does the noun fiasco mean? There are two meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun fiasco. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.
/fiˈæskəʊ/ (plural fiascos, North American English also fiascoes) (informal) something that does not succeed, often in a way that makes people feel embarrassed synonym disaster. The party was a complete fiasco. What a fiasco! After the fiasco over the brochures, I decided to take charge of the marketing. Topics Difficulty and failure c2.
A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong. Wiktionary. Synonyms: debacle. catastrophe. bomb. blunder. washout. screwup. flop. failure. disaster. farce. miscarriage. lemon. loser. dud.
