Fiasco

Quick meaning: Fiasco is a noun meaning A sudden or unexpected failure.

Meaning

A sudden or unexpected failure.

More Meanings

1. A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
2. A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

Example Sentences

His speech was a fiasco that left the audience confused.

The event turned into a complete fiasco when the power went out.

I sent for the porter and when he came I told him in Italian to get me a bottle of Cinzano at the wine shop, a fiasco of chianti and the evening papers. He went away and brought them wrapped in newspaper, unwrapped them and, when I asked him to, drew the corks and put the wine and vermouth under the bed.

"Well, doctor," said Mr. Curtis, heartily, "I am glad for your sake that the financial part of the enterprise has succeeded so well, because, the more I think over the scheme, the more I am convinced that it will prove a complete fiasco in practice. And that reminds me that there is one question which I wish to ask you."

Word Forms

• fiascos
• fiascoes
• fiaschi
• fiasci

Synonyms for fiasco

Depending on context, synonyms include debacle.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include debacle, chaos, mess, confusion, failing, doom.

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