Synonyms for fizzle
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fiz-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪz əl |
Top 10 synonyms for fizzle Other synonyms for the word fizzle
Définition of fizzle
Origin :- 1530s, "to break wind without noise," probably altered from obsolete fist, from Middle English fisten "break wind" (see feisty) + frequentative suffix -le. Related: Fizzled; fizzling.
- Noun sense of "failure, fiasco" is from 1846, originally U.S. college slang for "failure in an exam." Barnhart says it is "not considered as derived from the verb." The verb in this sense is from 1847.
- verb collapse, fall through
- It was a lot easier just to let her explode and then fizzle out.
- Extract from : « The Odyssey of Sam Meecham » by Charles E. Fritch
- And I must say, as a raid in force, it was more or less of a fizzle.
- Extract from : « Torchy and Vee » by Sewell Ford
- The Raid was a fizzle and the commander and all his men were captured by the Boers.
- Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson
- It is a fizzle, a twentieth-century abomination—an invention with no room for an ad.
- Extract from : « Perkins of Portland » by Ellis Parker Butler
- You must be so well equipped that you will not make life a “fizzle.”
- Extract from : « 'Boy Wanted' » by Nixon Waterman
- A “fizzle,” as defined by the dictionaries, is a bungling, unsuccessful undertaking.
- Extract from : « 'Boy Wanted' » by Nixon Waterman
- Some make a success of it; some make a “fizzle;” some make a sort of half-and-half.
- Extract from : « 'Boy Wanted' » by Nixon Waterman
- “Well, we made a fizzle of getting the cakes anyway,” growled Ritter.
- Extract from : « The Putnam Hall Champions » by Arthur M. Winfield
- I dont pretend to great things and make a fizzle of it, as some boys do.
- Extract from : « Maybee's Stepping Stones » by Archie Fell
- I hate to see things go so far and then make a fizzle of it.
- Extract from : « Wheat and Huckleberries » by Charlotte Marion (White) Vaile
Antonyms for fizzle
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