The party was a flop.
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Flop
//flɒp//
Synonyms for "flop" (361 found)
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Closest matches (73)
dudalso ranalso-ranalterameliorateantimasqueaudience successbagballetbangbankruptbe a gasbe a hitbe changedbe converted intobe renewedbeatbeatingbedbicker
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billbombbottom outbox office bombbreakbroadcast dramabumpburlesque showburstbustcascadecavecave inchangecharadecheckerchopchop and changeclangerclapclashcliff hangercloset dramacollapsecome aboutcome aroundcome roundcome to naughtcome to nothingcomedy dramacrackcrap outcrashcrawl incritical successcroppercrumpculbutedaggledancedangledaytime serialdebacledeclinedegenerate
Strong matches (108)
dependdeterioratedeviatedialoguedisasterdivedivergediversifydocumentary dramadoss downdrabbledragdraggledramadramaloguedramatic playdramatic seriesdramatizedrapedraw a blank
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droopdrop a bombdrop downdrop the balldull thudduodramaduologueepic theaterexperimental theaterextravaganzafailfailurefallfall downfall flatfall throughfalse alarmfanfeaturefiascofizzleflapflash in the panflat failureflickflickerflipflitflitterfloating point operationflop downfloperooflopsflowflummoxflumpflump downflutterfoldfold upforced landingfounderfrostgasserget leftgive waygiveawaygo downgo pitapatgrand guignolgutterhanghang downhappeninghaul aroundheaderheadlinehithit showhit the hayhit the sackimproveimprovisational dramajibekip downknocklapselay an egglegitimate dramalemonloplose outloserlour
Verb(4 words)
Related words (180)
lowermake a hitmasquemelioratemelodramamelodramatizeminstrel showmiraclemiracle playmiscarrymisfiremitigatemodulatemonodramamonologuemoralitymorality playmountmusic dramamusical revue
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mutatemysterymystery playnodnot hack itnot make itopenopen a showoperapageantpalpitatepalpitationpanel showpantomimepassion playpastoralpastoral dramapendpiecepile inpitapatpitter patterpitter-patterplayplayletplopplop downplumpplungepratfallpremierepresentpreviewproblem playproducepsychodramapulseput onquiverquiz showradio dramarapreportretirereviewreviverevuerightroll insack outsack upsagscenarizesensational playserialsetset the stagesettlesettle downshakeshiftshowsinksink downsitcomsituation comedysketchskitslamslapslatslouchslumpslump downsmacksoapsoap operasociodramaspectaclespillsplatspluttersprawlsputterstagestage playstage showstarstraight dramastrikestrike outstumblesubmergesubsidesucceedsuccesssuspense dramaswagswapswerveswingtableautableau vivanttacktake a turntake the counttalk showtapteleplaytelevision dramatelevision playtheater of crueltytheatricalizethrobthwacktom showtoppletotal losstotal theatertrailtriptry outtumbleturkeyturnturn asideturn inturn intoturn the cornerundergo a changevariety showvaryvaudevillevaudeville showveervehiclewarpwash outwashoutwavewaverweepwhackwhamwhapwhiffwhompwhopword-of-mouth successworkworsen
Adverb(1 words)
Verb(1 words)
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1 entriesTranslations
120 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- провал noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- просвам се verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 糊 verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
- 翻車 /翻车 verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
- 遇冷 verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
Czech
2 entries- propadnout verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
- zhroutit se verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
Danish
4 entries- fiasko noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- flop noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- falde verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
- have fiasko verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
Dutch
4 entries- afgang noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- drol noun (poned package of dung)
- fiasco noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- flop noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
Esperanto
2 entries- falaĉi verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
- fiaski verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
Finnish
4 entries- epäonnistuminen noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- fiasko noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- floppi noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- floppi noun (poker: the first three cards dealt face up)
French
4 entries- bide noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- fiasco noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- flop noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- four noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
German
4 entries- Brezen noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- Fehlschlag noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- Flop noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- Kuhfladen noun (poned package of dung)
Greek
1 entries- πτώση noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
Italian
4 entries- fallimento noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- fiasco noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- insuccesso noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- sacco di letame noun (poned package of dung)
Japanese
2 entries- 大コケ noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- 失敗作 noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
Lithuanian
3 entries- dribti verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
- drėbtis verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
- nudribti verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
Macedonian
4 entries- не́успех noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- у́тка noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- фија́ско noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- се стру́поли verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
Malayalam
1 entries- പാളുക verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
Māori
2 entries- mūhore noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- mūhore verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- flopp noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- flopp noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
Polish
2 entries- klapa noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- niewypał noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
Portuguese
4 entries- fiasco noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- flop noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- colapsar verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
- flopar verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
Romanian
3 entries- eșua verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
- fi un fiasco verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
- prăbuși verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
Russian
4 entries- неуда́ча noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- про́вал noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- фиа́ско noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- флоп noun (one floating-point operation per second)
Spanish
4 entries- colapsar verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
- dejarse caer verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
- desplomarse verb (to fall heavily, due to lacking energy)
- fracasar verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
Swedish
3 entries- fiasko noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- flopp noun (failure, especially in the entertainment industry)
- floppa verb (to fail completely, not to be successful at all)
Sample sentences
36 total sentences available.
If you don't do anything about it, the party will be a flop.
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It was a complete flop.
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It'll be a big flop.
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