Fail
Fail verb - To lose bodily strength or vigor.
Usage example: ever since she reached the age of 90, Grandma has been noticeably failing
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Kitten and Magnus fail to identify a package of Nurgle's Rot inside the Emperor's mailbox.
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In Cinders, if you try to poison your stepmother and fail (an outcome you pretty much have to be trying to get), you get arrested and thrown into the royal dungeon to rot to death there in misery and darkness.
Source: It's a Wonderful Failure -
Both superhumans checking the mail that's supposed to enter Emperor's private chamber fail to notice Nurgle's Rot bomb in one of the packages.
Source: Failed a Spot Check
Cite this Source
Rot and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 07, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/rot
Fail & Rot. N.p., 2016. Web. 07 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/rot>.
Rot or Fail. 2016. Accessed August 07, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/rot.
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