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Nouns (1)

n. used as a noun in the phrase "without fail" which means "definitely" or "with certainty"

Verbs (12)

v. become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close; "The toy company went bankrupt after the competition hired cheap Mexican labor"; "A number of banks failed that year"

fail

v. judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"

fail

v. get worse; "Her health is declining"

fail, neglect

v. fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"

fail, go wrong, miscarry

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

fail, flunk, bomb, flush it

v. fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"

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Fuzzynyms (98)

dissatisfy

v. fail to satisfy

bend, flex

v. form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

fold, fold up

v. become folded or folded up; "The bed folds in a jiffy"

crash

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

crash, go down

v. stop operating; "My computer crashed last night"; "The system goes down at least once a week"

crumble, crumple, tumble, break down, collapse

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

fall

v. move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"

decrease, diminish, lessen, fall

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fell to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

fall

v. be cast down; "his eyes fell"

pry, prise, prize, lever, jimmy

v. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock": "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

break

v. crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"

interrupt, break

v. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

break

v. weaken or destroy in spirit or body; "His resistance was broken"; "a man broken by the terrible experience of near-death"

dampen, deaden, damp

v. make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible; "muffle the message"

drop

v. fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

pine away, waste, languish

v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

languish, fade

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

sink, drop, drop down

v. fall or descend to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

weaken

v. lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

slump, slide down, sink

v. fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

decline, go down, wane

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

fade, wither

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

wane

v. decrease in phase; "the moon is waning"

wane, decrease in phase

v. of the moon

crash

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

bumble, stutter, stammer, falter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

flounder

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

misfire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

worsen, decline

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

drop

v. fall or sink into a state of exhaustion or death; "shop til you drop"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

shrink, shrivel

v. decrease in size, range, or extent; "His earnings shrank"; "My courage shrivelled when I saw the task before me"

decline, go down, wane

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

deteriorate

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

languish, fade

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

stop, halt, block, kibosh

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

decline

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

taper off, peter out, fizzle out, fizzle

v. end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

fall through, fall flat, founder, flop

v. fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

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Antonyms (44)

pass

v. accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"

stay, remain, rest

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

complete, finish

v. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"

gain, put on

v. increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

achieve, accomplish, attain, reach

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

arrive, make it, get in, go far

v. succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

pull off, negociate, bring off, carry off, manage

v. be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

better, improve, amend, ameliorate, meliorate

v. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

please

v. give satisfaction; "The waiters around her aim to please"

perform

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

pass, make it

v. go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"

succeed, win, come through, bring home the bacon, deliver the goods

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

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