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fiasco — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • debacle noun A sudden, humiliating failure or collapse.
  • fiasco noun A complete and often embarrassing failure.
  • flop verb To fall or drop down heavily and loosely.

Senses

fiasco is used for these senses in English:

  • debacle (figurative) An event or enterprise that ends suddenly and disastrously, often with humiliating consequences. [from early 19th c.]
  • fiasco A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
  • flop A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.

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