Synonyms for fiasco
fiˈæs koʊ or, esp. for 2 , -ˈɑ skoʊfi·as·co

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1. fiasconoun

   Synonyms:
   debacle

2. fiasconoun

   A ludicrous or humiliating failure. Some effort that went quite wrong.

   Synonyms:
   debacle

3. fiasconoun

   A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

   Synonyms:
   debacle

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1. debacle, fiasconoun

   a sudden and violent collapse

   Synonyms:
   thrashing, trouncing, walloping, debacle, drubbing, whipping, slaughter

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1. fiasconoun

   Synonyms:
   [It.] failure, fizzle, abortive attempt

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1. List of paraphrases for "fiasco":

   flop, failure, debacle, bust, washout

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1. Daniel Ives:

   The Twitter fiasco had a major overhang on Tesla's stock and that is Musk's golden child.

2. Steve Bannon:

   This entire fiasco is to stop people who want to build Wall Inc..

3. Joel Kitchens:

   Really the presidential election will be the biggest challenge, and I think also if there is going to be a resurgence it's more likely to come in the fall, when you look at the stakes in the November election, where Wisconsin is likely to be one of the determining states for the presidency, we certainly can't afford to have it be a fiasco with people not getting ballots.

4. Anthony Scaramucci:

   I almost got divorced through this whole fiasco, thank God my wife and I were able to put the marriage back together. I don't know why George Conway is hitting George Conway that hard. The President waited four months before The President responded. And, you know, Kellyanne Conway seems to be defending The President, so I want to stay out of that one because I don't like getting involved in people's relationships, particularly after the fiasco that I went through.

5. Ben Friedman:

   There are two reasons Gitmo is so hard to close. One is the military justice system for the inmates has been a fiasco, which has ground on without resolving all the cases, second, there is a political refusal to accept that closure means releasing the unconvicted somewhere, repatriating others, and moving some inmates to U.S. prisons.