forcefulness :: Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

force, strength

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

vice, frailty

n. moral weakness

shortcoming

n. a failing or deficiency; "that interpretation is an unfortunate defect of our lack of information"

fault, defect, flaw

n. an imperfection in a device or machine; "if there are any defects you should send it back to the manufacturer"

failing, weakness

n. a flaw or weak point; "he was quick to point out his wife's failings"

insolvency

n. the lack of financial resources

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

neglect, negligence, carelessness, nonperformance

n. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

dereliction, delinquency

n. willful negligence

failure

n. an act that fails; "his failure to pass the test"

mess, messiness, muss, mussiness

n. a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

clutter, jumble, smother, muddle, welter, mare's nest

n. a confused multitude of things

depression, dent, indentation

n. the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions

turkey, bomb, dud

n. an event that fails badly or is totally ineffectual; "the first experiment was a real turkey"; "the meeting was a dud as far as new business was concerned"

inadequacy, insufficiency, deficiency

n. lack of an adequate quantity or number; "the inadequacy of unemployment benefits"

decline, decay

n. a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

deterioration, worsening, decline in quality

n. process of changing to an inferior state

ebb, ebbing, wane

n. a gradual decline (in size or strength or power or number)

bankruptcy

n. 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"

thunderclap

n. a single sharp crash of thunder

grumble, grumbling, rumble, rumbling

n. a loud low dull continuous noise; "they heard the rumbling of thunder"

roll, peal

n. a deep prolonged sound (as of thunder or large bells)

racket

n. a loud and disturbing noise

clack, clack valve

n. a simple valve with a hinge on one side; allows fluid to flow in only one direction

clatter

n. a rattling noise (often produced by rapid movement); "the shutters clattered against the house"; "the clatter of iron wheels on cobblestones"