Botch
Failure
Failure noun - Something that has failed.
Usage example: the students' first attempt to build a homemade rocket was a disappointing failure
Botch is a synonym for failure in flop topic. Sometimes you can use "Botch" instead a noun "Failure", if it concerns topics such as lack of success. informal substitute
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| dramatic | dramatic botch | dramatic failure |
Both words in one sentence
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Their example was jumping across rooftops: on a failure, you fall; on a botch, you barely make it across... and interrupt a Mafia execution.
Source: Critical Failure - Thankfully Revised Edition reduced this problem, as a botch required a 1 plus no successes at all (even if your successes are all cancelled by 1's, it's still just a failure).
Source: Critical Failure -
The reverse (called a "dramatic failure", or a "botch" in the old WoD) also exists.
Source: Critical Hit
Cite this Source
Failure and Botch. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 15, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/botch/failure
Botch & Failure. N.p., 2016. Web. 15 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/botch/failure>.
Failure or Botch. 2016. Accessed August 15, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/botch/failure.
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