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miscarry
v. suffer a miscarriage
fail, go wrong, miscarry
v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
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Fuzzynyms (35)
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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"
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Antonyms (31)
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carry to term
v. carry out a pregnancy; "She decided to carry the child to term, even though the foetus was shown to be defective"
expect
v. look forward to the birth of a child; "She is expecting in March"
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"
miscarry
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