FIZZLES Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

fizzles 1 of 2

noun

plural of fizzle

as in collapses

a falling short of one's goals the home team's unexpected fizzle in that last game cost them the championship

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as in disasters

something that has failed the play was a fizzle, opening and closing the same night

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fizzles

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verb

present tense third-person singular of fizzle

as in hisses

to make a sound like that of stretching out the speech sound \s\ oozing gobs of grease, a pair of fatty burgers fizzled on the grill

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Noun

Pick the game before guests arrive, give people time to socialize first and keep a backup game ready in case the first one fizzles. — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026 The show, which premiered on Broadway in 1947, was Lerner and Loewe’s first hit after a string of flops and fizzles. — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2026 If real users don’t watch or share the clips, a campaign fizzles. — Lane Brown, Vulture, 15 May 2026 Devon Energy should continue to rally even if the oil rally fizzles as bullish catalysts line up for the stock — including the closing of its merger with Coterra — according to Jefferies. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 8 May 2026 Today, many people start thinking about Christmas after Thanksgiving, and any sort of holiday spirit fizzles by early January. — Bobbi Sutherland, The Conversation, 19 Dec. 2025 When her career fizzles, April returns home and unexpectedly crosses paths with Chastity, who is also out of work, and desperate for a fresh start. — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025 But if that boom fizzles, the pain will ripple through the whole economy. — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Oct. 2025 Startups fail, investments underperform, strategic alignment fizzles and you’re left with slide decks and press releases instead of revenue and impact. — Michael Johnson, Forbes.com, 27 Aug. 2025

Verb

Djokovic will have cheers about as loud as the ones that will be heard for the Americans Shelton and Fritz, the type of adulation that often fizzles before the ultimate prize. — Ava Wallace, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026 The next family standing at the water’s edge with a missing-person flyer shouldn’t have to become the next campaign that fizzles out. — Joseph V. Sakran, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2026 The Air Jordan 1 is just a sneaker if Michael Jordan’s career fizzles out his rookie season. — Tres Dean, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026 The bigger disappointment is a bombshell ending, albeit a narratively ambiguous one, that fizzles rather than explodes. — Judy Berman, Time, 5 Aug. 2026 But if the stock market rally that powers the divide fizzles out, the economy could take a significant beating. — David Goldman, CNN Money, 29 June 2026 If this El Niño fizzles out, a dry winter could send California back toward drought conditions in 2027. — Paul Rogers, Mercury News, 11 June 2026 The temperature and pressure of the magma reservoir, the weakness of the enclosing rock, the gas and crystal content, the depth of the magma, the regional motion of tectonic plates — these factors all contribute to whether a paroxysm happens or fizzles out. — Quanta Magazine, 8 May 2026 Don’t worry, this idea fizzles out faster than their engagement, so thankfully, we won’t be subjected to Dennis with a mic in his face on this platform. — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 27 Apr. 2026

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Artisanal mine collapses are common in Central African Republic, where thousands of people work in small-scale mining, often with little protection.

— ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
Gold mining expands despite safety risks Artisanal mine collapses are common in Central African Republic, where thousands of people work in small-scale mining, often with little protection.

— Jean Fernand Koena, Los Angeles Times, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of collapses

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The rescue mission had been suspended earlier due to the fear of secondary disasters caused by the overflowing barrier lake upstream of the town.

— Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
Information about major disasters is typically released with a delay and without personal stories of victims.

— Niranjan Shrestha, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of disasters

Noun

Mayer’s three professional defeats have now all come in England, following split-decision losses to Alycia Baumgardner in London in 2022 and Natasha Jonas in Liverpool in 2024.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026
This move follows recent court defeats for the department after rules to limit PSLF were struck down, raising concerns about the broader impact on public service workers.

— Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of defeats

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Summary The Lindsay Clancy case, involving postpartum psychosis, highlights critical gaps in maternal health support and systemic failures.

— Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Fifty years on, these songs capture the feelings and failures not of Los Angeles but of America, too.

— Grayson Haver Currin, Pitchfork, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of failures

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Biden raised troop levels there to about 100,000, backed by seven fighter squadrons, six destroyers, and roughly 100 nuclear gravity bombs.

— JENNIFER KAVANAGH, Foreign Affairs, 28 Aug. 2026
Four Russian glide bombs destroyed a sorting center belonging to the postal service Nova Poshta in the northern Sumy region, and a drone smashed one of its depots in the Kyiv region, the company said.

— Hanna Arhirova, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of bombs

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The team’s offensive overhaul was one of the biggest stories of the offseason, and the lineup proved to be one of the sport’s biggest disappointments of the first half.

— Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026
This year, the Sky’s biggest investments were also their greatest disappointments.

— Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of disappointments

Noun

Recent khat busts at BWI Wednesday's announcement followed another khat seizure at BWI airport earlier that same week.

— Renee Anderson, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Haunted Mansion props on the parade floats will include the conservatory casket, cryptic gravestones, gargoyle candleholders, watchful busts, haunted armor and stretching room portraits.

— Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 18 Aug. 2026

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