Failure
Loss
Loss noun - Failure to win a contest.
Usage example: we're discouraged by our loss on Friday, but we're training hard for next week's game nevertheless
Failure is a synonym for loss in decline topic. Sometimes you can use "Failure" instead a noun "Loss", if it concerns topics such as misfortune.
Nearby Word: losing
Mutual synonyms
How words are described
| complete | complete failure | complete loss |
| instant | instant failure | instant loss |
| total | total failure | total loss |
| single | single failure | single loss |
| Other adjectives: constant, severe, massive, big, great, serious, huge, potential, personal, automatic, possible, catastrophic, apparent, temporary, inevitable, subsequent, greatest, perceived, recent, sudden, financial. | ||
Both words in one sentence
- Pokémon, Game Freak's Cash Cow Franchise to end Cash Cow Franchises, was practically declared a failure and a loss by Nintendo of Japan on their part, and they never paid it much mind.
Source: And You Thought It Would Fail - Mondo, being a usually cheerful 11 year old, ends up suicidal from his feelings of loss and failure.
- The higher you grind an item, the greater the chance of potential failure and loss of grinds (especially in rare weapons).
Source: The Scrappy / Video Games
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