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Verbs (3)
have a miscarriage
v. suffer a miscarriage
fail, go wrong
v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
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Fuzzynyms (50)
crash, fall violently
v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"
falter, stammer, stutter
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, flounder around
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, fail to detonate, fail to fire
v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"
decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse
v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
drop, degenerate, deteriorate
v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
waste, waste away, diminish
v. become diminished
taper
v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up
v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
decline, wane, go down, grow smaller
v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance
v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart
v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"
fade, languish
v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on
v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
decline, go down
v. go down; "The roof declines here"
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Antonyms (34)
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"
carry, bear, expect
v. be pregnant with; "She is bearing his child"; "The are expecting another child in January"; "I am carrying his child"
come through, succeed
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"
reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve
v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"
arrive, get in, make it, 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!"
carry off, pull off, manage, bring off
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, amend, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, make better
v. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"
delight, please, give joy
v. give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"
perform
v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"
better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, become better
v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"
miscarry
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