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- DictionaryFi·as·co/fēˈaskō/
noun
- 1. a thing that is a complete failure, especially in a ludicrous or humiliating way: "his plans turned into a fiasco"
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: a complete and ignominious failure.. See examples of FIASCO used in a sentence.
FIASCO definition: 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.
If you describe an event or an attempt to do something as a fiasco, you are emphasizing that it fails completely. [emphasis] The blame for the Charleston fiasco did not lie with him. It was a bit of a fiasco. Synonyms: flop [informal], failure, disaster, ruin More Synonyms of fiasco.
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.
FIASCO meaning: 1. something planned that goes wrong and is a complete failure, usually in an embarrassing way: 2…. Learn more.
1850–55; <Italian: literally, bottle <Germanic (see flask 1); sense “failure” from Italian phrase far fiasco to fail, literally, to make a bottle, idiom of uncertain origin
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. Word Origin. Want to learn more?
a complete failure, especially one that embarrasses people: My last dinner party was a complete fiasco.
