Antonyms for failures

Grammar : Noun

Spell : feyl-yer

Phonetic Transcription : ˈfeɪl yər

Definition of failures

Origin : 1640s, failer, from Anglo-French failer, from Old French falir (see fail (v.)). The verb in Anglo-French used as a noun; ending altered 17c. to conform with words in -ure.

noun lack of success
noun person who does not succeed

Example sentences :

Abandonment and abuse are not acts of God, they are failures of love.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

Whatever explanation of our sufferings and failures there may be we must not shuffle them off on God.
Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King

Then, "Would there be any failures," he said, "if one could explain them?"
Extract from : « The Greater Inclination » by Edith Wharton

She is a dbutante, and among the number presented to us it is only natural that some should be failures.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

I had all the artists, the students, dying folks, and the failures.
Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt

That one shall be heir to all the successes of each of us and shall disclaim all the failures of each.
Extract from : « Jennie Baxter, Journalist » by Robert Barr

It may almost be said to measure the failures and false boundaries in women's loves.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

Their work should be full of failures; for these are the signs of efforts.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

I loved Roland, and yet all my efforts to make him happy were failures.
Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

After all, he himself, if not actually an outcast, was one of life's failures.
Extract from : « People of Position » by Stanley Portal Hyatt

Synonyms for failures

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