fiasco
1 of 2noun (1)
fi·as·co fē-ˈa-(ˌ)skō 
also
-ˈä- plural fiascoes
: a complete failure
The critic called the film a fiasco.
… the total fiasco that was his personal life …
Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwoodfiasco
2 of 2noun (2)
fi·as·co fē-ˈä-(ˌ)skō -ˈa-
-ˈa- plural fiascoes also fiaschi fē-ˈä-(ˌ)skē
-ˈa-
: bottle, flask
especially : a bulbous long-necked straw-covered bottle for wine
Synonyms
Noun (1)
- bomb
- bummer
- bust
- catastrophe
- clinker
- clunker
- debacle
- débâcle
- disaster
- dud
- failure
- fizzle
- flop
- frost
- lemon
- loser
- miss
- shipwreck
- turkey
- washout
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
French, from Italian, from fare fiasco, literally, to make a bottle
Noun (2)
Italian, from Late Latin flasco bottle — more at flask
First Known Use
Noun (1)
circa 1854, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1887, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
fiasco
noun
fi·as·co fē-ˈa-skō
plural fiascoes
: a complete failure
The party was a fiasco.
fiascoes
noun
as in disasters
something that has failed undaunted by his early fiascoes, he continued his experiments in rocketry Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- disasters
- failures
- disappointments
- catastrophes
- debacles
- bombs
- busts
- flops
- losers
- shipwrecks
- washouts
- misses
- duds
- débâcles
- messes
- lemons
- clunkers
- frosts
- bummers
- fizzles
- clinkers
- turkeys
- dogs
- shambles
- near misses
- botches
- nonevents
- hashes
- has-beens
- also-rans
- muddles
- nonstarters
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- successes
- hits
- winners
- blockbusters
- phenomena
- smashes
- phenomenons
- dandies
- corkers
- crackerjacks
- crackajacks
- jim-dandies