Failure
Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.
Turn
Turn noun - A relaxed journey on foot for exercise or pleasure.
How words are described
| similar | similar failure | similar turn |
| complete | complete failure | complete turn |
| initial | initial failure | initial turn |
| single | single failure | single turn |
| Other adjectives: actual, real, massive, big, serious, huge, horrible, potential, dramatic, immediate, possible, final, apparent, temporary, hilarious, inevitable, subsequent, last, eventual, recent, previous, sudden. | ||
Both words in one sentence
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In Diablo II the unnamed protagonist is met with failure at every turn due to arriving ever so slightly too late to have stopped the villain from doing what they were trying to do.
Source: Failure Is the Only Option -
For Doom the Bell Tolls Ghost Amnesia: All Shinigami are subject to this since remembering their previous life, especially when they are still a rookie, will lead to Critical Existence Failure and turn them into a wandering ghost.
Source: Anime / Full Moon o Sagashite - A far more straight example, the bad guys have the goal "find out why Number 6 quit being a spy." Since teasing that answer out would also end the show, they are also doomed to failure at every turn.
Source: Failure Is the Only Option
Cite this Source
Turn and Failure. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/failure/turn
Failure & Turn. N.p., 2016. Web. 22 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/failure/turn>.
Turn or Failure. 2016. Accessed July 22, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/failure/turn.
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