Synonyms for fizzle out
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fiz-uhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈfɪz əl |
Top 10 synonyms for fizzle out Other synonyms for the word fizzle out
- abate
- abort
- bate
- be disregarded
- be neglected
- blunder
- break down
- brood
- cease
- come to nothing
- conk out
- crumble
- decay
- decline
- degenerate
- desire
- despond
- die down
- die on vine
- dilapidate
- diminish
- dissipate
- droop
- ease off
- ebb
- end
- explode
- fade
- fade away
- fade out
- fag
- fag out
- fall short
- finish
- fizz out
- fizzle out
- flag
- flop
- flounder
- go bad
- go downhill
- go soft
- go to pieces
- go up in smoke
- go wrong
- grieve
- halt
- hanker
- hunger
- knock out
- lapse
- let up
- long
- lose power
- melt away
- miscarry
- miss
- moderate
- molder
- pass
- peter out
- pine
- poop out
- rankle
- recede
- repine
- retrograde
- rot
- run down
- run low
- run out
- sicken
- sigh
- sink
- slacken
- slip
- snivel
- sorrow
- stop
- subside
- suffer
- tucker
- vanish
- wane
- waste
- waste away
- weaken
- wear away
- wilt
- wither
- yearn
Définition of fizzle out
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.
- As in languish : verb droop; become dull, listless
- As in misfire : verb fail
- As in blow over : verb disappear slowly
- As in die : verb wither, dwindle
- 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
- They fizzle out if they lack the character which the woman admires.
- Extract from : « Captain Macedoine's Daughter » by William McFee
- But if you do, Henderson will back out, and Brace, and the whole thing will fizzle out before its fairly begun.
- Extract from : « Whispering Tongues » by Homer Greene
- Your Socialists either eat out of the Kaiser's hand or sputter and fizzle out.
- Extract from : « The White Morning » by Gertrude Atherton
- The first is that mysterious nullifying force by which such movements usually do fizzle out.
- Extract from : « Books and Persons » by Arnold Bennett
- And if he gets to knowing how good he is, hes likely to get fond of himself and fizzle out.
- Extract from : « Full-Back Foster » by Ralph Henry Barbour
Antonyms for fizzle out
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