Synonyms for dud

Grammar : Noun

Spell : duhd

Phonetic Transcription : dʌd

Définition of dud

Origin : c.1825, "person in ragged clothing," from duds (q.v.). Sense extended by 1897 to "counterfeit thing," and 1908 to "useless, inefficient person or thing." This led naturally in World War I to "shell which fails to explode," and thence to "expensive failure."

noun failure

Example sentences :

For a time it seemed as though Brent's bombshell had been a dud.
Extract from : « Ten From Infinity » by Paul W. Fairman

Let's get busy—we're altogether too close to that dud there to suit me.
Extract from : « The Skylark of Space » by Edward Elmer Smith and Lee Hawkins Garby

But to Dud this thrilling adventure left no pleasant memories.
Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman

The motor boat Jim and Dud had hired for the season was stove in upon the rocks.
Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman

It was Dud who had been swept over into those foaming, seething depths.
Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman

But there were exceptions, and Dud Fielding was one of them.
Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman

Cut the whole lot,” said Dud, “just as soon as I can get money enough to do it.
Extract from : « Killykinick » by Mary T. Waggaman

"I'll walk on, Dud, and put this horse of yours in the barn," said Manton.
Extract from : « Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 » by Various

Dud knew now that Blister had been a wise prophet in his generation.
Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine

Dud sauntered to the hitching-rack, easy, careless, graceful.
Extract from : « The Fighting Edge » by William MacLeod Raine

Antonyms for dud

success

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