fiascos
Spectacular public failures
Fiascos is the plural of fiasco, a complete and often humiliating failure.
The word implies public embarrassment or spectacular collapse: The product launch was one of the company's biggest fiascos.
Unlike mere setbacks, fiascos suggest things went dramatically, memorably wrong.
Ruinous events causing suffering
- debaclesUtter, humiliating failures
- catastrophesDisastrous events of great magnitude
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
- failuresUnsuccessful attempts or outcomes
meltdowns · train wrecks · shambles · collapses · flops · busts · botches · messes
Staged or filmed works
- performancesStaged artistic presentations
- opening nightsFirst performances for audiences
- playsStaged dramatic works
- musicalsTheatrical works with songs
shows · rehearsals · premieres · stagings · revivals · curtain calls · reviews · critics
Prolonged public disagreements
- embarrassmentsSources of acute discomfort
- disgracesCauses loss of honor
- humiliationsActs causing deep shame
- spectaclesCorrective eyewear worn daily
cover-ups · fallouts · exposures · outrages · uproars · incidents · affairs · imbroglios
Removal of unsafe merchandise
- concertsLive musical performances
- premieresInitial theatrical screenings
- openingsAvailable positions or gaps
- ceremoniesFormal observances with ritual
campaigns · rollouts · performances · presentations · unveilings · galas · festivals · elections
disasters
Ruinous events causing suffering
- debaclesUtter, humiliating failures
- catastrophesDisastrous events of great magnitude
- blundersSerious mistakes from carelessness
failures · meltdowns · train wrecks · shambles · collapses · flops · busts · botches · messes · washouts
productions
Staged or filmed works
- performancesStaged artistic presentations
- opening nightsFirst performances for audiences
- playsStaged dramatic works
musicals · shows · rehearsals · premieres · stagings · revivals · curtain calls · reviews · critics · closings
controversies
Prolonged public disagreements
- embarrassmentsSources of acute discomfort
- disgracesCauses loss of honor
- humiliationsActs causing deep shame
spectacles · cover-ups · fallouts · exposures · outrages · uproars · incidents · affairs · imbroglios · scenes
product recalls
Removal of unsafe merchandise
- concertsLive musical performances
- premieresInitial theatrical screenings
- openingsAvailable positions or gaps
ceremonies · campaigns · rollouts · performances · presentations · unveilings · galas · festivals · elections · summits
- failuresfailure, failures, flop, flops, bust
- mismanagementmishandling, dysfunction, misuse, incompetence, inefficiency
- Murphy's Lawbad luck, misfortune, worst case, mishaps, fails
- blundersblunder, blunders, blundered, mistakes, botch
- conflictsargument, fight, war, battle, dispute
fiascostriumphs
Overwhelming victories
successes · hits · victories · masterpieces · coups