Antonyms for success

Grammar : Noun

Spell : suhk-ses

Phonetic Transcription : səkˈsɛs

Definition of success

Origin : 1530s, "result, outcome," from Latin successus "an advance, succession, happy outcome," from succedere "come after" (see succeed). Meaning "accomplishment of desired end" (good success) first recorded 1580s.
The moral flabbiness born of the bitch-goddess SUCCESS. That -- with the squalid interpretation put on the word success -- is our national disease. [William James to H.G. Wells, Sept. 11, 1906]
Success story is attested from 1925. Among the French phrases used in English late 19c. were succès d'estime "cordial reception given to a literary work out of respect rather than admiration" and succès de scandale "success (especially of a work of art) dependent upon its scandalous character."

noun favorable outcome

Example sentences :

I ventured to predict that success awaited him in the rubber business.
Extract from : « Punchinello, Vol. 1. No. 20, August 13, 1870 » by Various

That one example, moreover, has been a success as unqualified as undeniable.
Extract from : « 'Tis Sixty Years Since » by Charles Francis Adams

They tried it out at home and when it proved a success, they carried it abroad.
Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon

She was properly presented; but as yet she has had no success at all.'
Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson

"Frankly, your success is by no means complete," replied she.
Extract from : « The Christmas Banquet (From "Mosses From An Old Manse") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Thus was the work begun by Wilberforce finally crowned with success.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

We are confident of the success of this major venture in world recovery.
Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various

To make sure of success and the size of his stakes he was willing to invest heavily.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

Yet the effort she made, and with success, to restrain the show of her anger, was far from slight.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

There shall be no success to the man who is not willing to begin small.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for success

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