'Failure' definitions:
Definition of 'failure'
(from WordNet)
noun
An act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"
noun
An event that does not accomplish its intended purpose; "the surprise party was a complete failure" [ant: success]
noun
Lack of success; "he felt that his entire life had been a failure"; "that year there was a crop failure" [ant: success]
noun
A person with a record of failing; someone who loses consistently [syn: failure, loser, nonstarter, unsuccessful person] [ant: achiever, succeeder, success, winner]
noun
An unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"
noun
Inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks" [syn: bankruptcy, failure]
noun
Loss of ability to function normally; "kidney failure"
Definition of 'Failure'
From: GCIDE
- Failure \Fail"ure\, n. [From Fail.]
- 1. Cessation of supply, or total defect; a failing; deficiency; as, failure of rain; failure of crops. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Omission; nonperformance; as, the failure to keep a promise. [1913 Webster]
- 3. Want of success; the state of having failed. [1913 Webster]
- 4. Decay, or defect from decay; deterioration; as, the failure of memory or of sight. [1913 Webster]
- 5. A becoming insolvent; bankruptcy; suspension of payment; as, failure in business. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A failing; a slight fault. [Obs.] --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'failure'
From: GCIDE
Synonyms of 'failure'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- also-ran,
- antimasque,
- arrear,
- arrearage,
- arrears,
- atrocity,
- audience success,
- bad habit,
- bafflement,
- balk,
- ballet,
- bankrupt,
- bankruptcy,
- baseness,
- beating,
- besetting sin,
- betrayed hope,
- blasted expectation,
- blemish,
- blighted hope,
- blow,
- bomb,
- bootlessness,
- botch,
- bouncing check,
- breach,
- breakdown,
- broadcast drama,
- buffet,
- bug,
- burlesque show,
- bust,
- catch,
- charade,
- clerical error,
- cliff hanger,
- closet drama,
- collapse,
- comedown,
- comedy drama,
- conquering,
- conquest,
- corrigendum,
- counterproductiveness,
- counterproductivity,
- crack,
- crash,
- crime,
- crime against humanity,
- critical success,
- cruel disappointment,
- culpa,
- culpable negligence,
- dash,
- dashed hope,
- daytime serial,
- dead duck,
- deadly sin,
- dearth,
- deathblow,
- debacle,
- debasement,
- debilitation,
- decadence,
- decadency,
- decay,
- declension,
- declination,
- decline,
- defalcation,
- default,
- defeat,
- defect,
- defection,
- defectiveness,
- deficiency,
- deficit,
- deformation,
- degeneracy,
- degenerateness,
- degeneration,
- degradation,
- delinquency,
- demotion,
- depravation,
- depravedness,
- depreciation,
- dereliction,
- derogation,
- descent,
- destruction,
- deterioration,
- devolution,
- dialogue,
- disappointment,
- discomfiture,
- disconformity,
- discontinuance,
- disillusionment,
- disregard,
- dissatisfaction,
- documentary drama,
- downfall,
- downtrend,
- downturn,
- downward mobility,
- downward trend,
- drama,
- dramalogue,
- dramatic play,
- dramatic series,
- drawback,
- drop,
- drubbing,
- dud,
- duodrama,
- duologue,
- dying,
- ebb,
- ebbing,
- effeteness,
- endless task,
- enfeeblement,
- enormity,
- epic theater,
- erratum,
- error,
- evil,
- exhaustion,
- experimental theater,
- extravaganza,
- fading,
- failing,
- failure of nerve,
- fall,
- fallen countenance,
- falling short,
- falling-off,
- false alarm,
- fatuity,
- fault,
- faute,
- felony,
- fewness,
- fiasco,
- fizzle,
- flagging,
- flaw,
- flop,
- foible,
- foiling,
- folding,
- forlorn hope,
- frailty,
- frustration,
- futility,
- gasser,
- genocide,
- giveaway,
- Grand Guignol,
- guilty act,
- happening,
- hash,
- heavy sin,
- hiding,
- hit,
- hit show,
- hole,
- hope deferred,
- human error,
- imperfection,
- impropriety,
- improvisational drama,
- inadequacy,
- inadvertence,
- inadvertency,
- inanity,
- inattention,
- incompetence,
- incompetent,
- indifference,
- indiscretion,
- ineffectiveness,
- ineffectuality,
- ineffectualness,
- inefficaciousness,
- inefficacy,
- inexecution,
- inexpiable sin,
- inferiority,
- infirmity,
- iniquity,
- injury,
- injustice,
- inobservance,
- insolvency,
- insolvent,
- insolvent debtor,
- insufficiency,
- insufficient funds,
- invalidity,
- involution,
- kink,
- kited check,
- laches,
- lack,
- laissez-faire,
- lambasting,
- lame duck,
- lapse,
- lathering,
- laxity,
- laxness,
- legitimate drama,
- lemon,
- letdown,
- licking,
- little problem,
- littleness,
- loose ends,
- looseness,
- loser,
- loss,
- loss of tone,
- maladroitness,
- malefaction,
- malfeasance,
- malum,
- masque,
- mastery,
- meagerness,
- meanness,
- mediocrity,
- melodrama,
- minor wrong,
- minstrel show,
- miracle,
- miracle play,
- mirage,
- misapprehension,
- miscalculation,
- miscarriage,
- misconception,
- miscount,
- misdeal,
- misdeed,
- misdemeanor,
- misfeasance,
- misidentification,
- misjudgment,
- misplay,
- misprint,
- misquotation,
- misreport,
- miss,
- misstatement,
- mistake,
- misunderstanding,
- misuse,
- monodrama,
- monologue,
- moral flaw,
- morality,
- morality play,
- mortal sin,
- muddle,
- music drama,
- musical revue,
- mystery,
- mystery play,
- neglect,
- neglectfulness,
- negligence,
- no go,
- nonaccomplishment,
- nonachievement,
- nonadherence,
- noncompliance,
- nonconformance,
- nonconformity,
- nonconsummation,
- nondischarging,
- nonentity,
- nonexecution,
- nonfeasance,
- nonfulfillment,
- noninterference,
- nonobservance,
- nonperformance,
- nonrestriction,
- nonsuccess,
- offense,
- omission,
- opera,
- outrage,
- overcoming,
- overdraft,
- overdrawn account,
- overlooking,
- oversight,
- overthrow,
- overturn,
- pageant,
- panel show,
- pantomime,
- Passion play,
- pastoral,
- pastoral drama,
- paucity,
- peccadillo,
- peccancy,
- permissiveness,
- pettiness,
- piece,
- play,
- playlet,
- poor stewardship,
- poorness,
- problem,
- problem play,
- procrastination,
- psychodrama,
- quietus,
- quiz show,
- radio drama,
- receivership,
- regression,
- remissness,
- retrocession,
- retrogradation,
- retrogression,
- review,
- revue,
- rift,
- rough edges,
- ruin,
- scantiness,
- sensational play,
- serial,
- setback,
- shabbiness,
- short measure,
- shortage,
- shortcoming,
- shortfall,
- show,
- sin,
- sin of commission,
- sin of omission,
- sinful act,
- Sisyphean labor,
- sitcom,
- situation comedy,
- sketch,
- skimpiness,
- skit,
- slackness,
- slight,
- slip,
- slippage,
- slump,
- smallness,
- smash,
- snag,
- soap,
- soap opera,
- sociodrama,
- something missing,
- sore disappointment,
- spectacle,
- stage play,
- stage show,
- straight drama,
- subdual,
- subduing,
- subjugation,
- subnormality,
- success,
- suspense drama,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- taint,
- talk show,
- tantalization,
- tease,
- teleplay,
- television drama,
- television play,
- theater of cruelty,
- thrashing,
- Tom show,
- tort,
- total theater,
- transgression,
- trespass,
- trimming,
- trip,
- triviality,
- trouncing,
- typo,
- typographical error,
- unconcern,
- underage,
- undoing,
- unfulfillment,
- unobservance,
- unrigorousness,
- unskillfulness,
- unsuccess,
- unsuccessfulness,
- unutterable sin,
- uselessness,
- vanquishment,
- variety show,
- vaudeville,
- vaudeville show,
- vehicle,
- venial sin,
- vice,
- vulgarity,
- vulnerable place,
- wane,
- waning,
- washout,
- Waterloo,
- weak link,
- weak point,
- weak side,
- weakness,
- whipping,
- word-of-mouth success,
- work,
- work of Penelope,
- wrong