Synonyms of debacles

debacles

noun

variants also débâcles

plural of debacle

1

as in disasters

a sudden violent event that brings about great loss or destruction

the financial debacle that was the stock market crash of 1929

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• catastrophes
• tragedies
• calamities
• collapses
• apocalypses
• crashes
• upheavals
• cataclysms
• bloodbaths
• accidents
• meltdowns
• misfortunes
• misadventures
• convulsions
• fatalities
• mishaps
• blows
• end-times
• doomsdays
• casualties
• Armageddons
• paroxysms
• mischances
• one-two punches
• double whammies
• blasts
• one-twos

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• windfalls
• godsends
• mannas

2

as in failures

something that has failed

the movie, which some had predicted would be a blockbuster, turned out to be the summer's biggest debacle at the multiplexes

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disasters
• failures
• losers
• disappointments
• catastrophes
• fiascoes
• bombs
• flops
• washouts
• shipwrecks
• frosts
• misses
• busts
• duds
• lemons
• clinkers
• bummers
• clunkers
• turkeys
• fizzles
• messes
• shambles
• dogs
• botches
• hashes
• has-beens
• near misses
• also-rans
• muddles
• nonevents
• nonstarters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• successes
• hits
• winners
• blockbusters
• phenomena
• smashes
• phenomenons
• dandies
• corkers
• crackerjacks
• crackajacks
• jim-dandies