loserdom
State of losing
Loserdom is the state or condition of being a loser—someone who fails repeatedly, lacks social status, or can't get their life together.
The word carries the same dismissive contempt as loser itself: He's been stuck in loserdom since high school.
Sometimes used self-deprecatingly: Welcome to my loserdom.
Lack of required skill
- ineptitudeLack of ability
- mediocrityQuality of being average
- underdogPresumed loser beforehand
- weaklingFeeble person
also-ran · second-rate · bottom-dweller · benchwarmer · has-been · never-was · wannabe · nobody
Contemptuous mocking treatment
- derisionContemptuous mockery
- tauntsMocking, provoking remarks
- jeersDerisive vocal abuse
- sneersContemptuous facial expressions
scorn · contempt · heckling · roasting · teasing · jibes · humiliation · laughingstock
Victory over another
- downfallSudden loss of power
- collapseSudden structural failure
- ruinComplete destruction or collapse
- fiascoHumiliating public failure
debacle · washout · flunking · underperformance · setback · misstep · blunder · rock bottom
Banishment from a group
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- alienationState of being isolated
- outcastShunned, rejected person
pariah · blacklist · shunning · dismissal · isolation · abandonment · unpopularity · friendlessness
incompetence
Lack of required skill
- ineptitudeLack of ability
- mediocrityQuality of being average
- underdogPresumed loser beforehand
weakling · also-ran · second-rate · bottom-dweller · benchwarmer · has-been · never-was · wannabe · nobody · nonentity
ridicule
Contemptuous mocking treatment
sneers · scorn · contempt · heckling · roasting · teasing · jibes · humiliation · laughingstock · put-downs
defeat
Victory over another
fiasco · debacle · washout · flunking · underperformance · setback · misstep · blunder · rock bottom · dead end
ostracism
Banishment from a group
- exclusionBeing barred from participation
- marginalizationRelegation to powerless periphery
- alienationState of being isolated
outcast · pariah · blacklist · shunning · dismissal · isolation · abandonment · unpopularity · friendlessness · invisibility
shame
Painful awareness of failure
- disgraceLoss of honor
- embarrassmentSelf-conscious unease
- dishonorLoss of respect
disrepute · ignominy · infamy · reproach · disfavor · discredit · stain · taint · mark · branded