Synonyms of the word flunk


FLUNKBOMB - FAIL - FAILING - FAILURE

flunk

  • v. (US, transitive, intransitive) Of a student, to fail a class; to not pass.
  • v. (US, transitive) Of a teacher, to deny a student a passing grade.
  • v. (US, dated, informal) To shirk (a task or duty).
  • v. To back out through fear.

bomb

  • n. An explosive device used or intended as a weapon.
  • n. (slang) A failure; an unpopular commercial product.
  • n. (Britain, slang) A large amount of money, a fortune.
  • n. (social) Something highly effective or attractive.
  • n. (chemistry) A heavy-walled container designed to permit chemical reactions under high pressure.
  • n. (obsolete) A great booming noise; a hollow sound.
  • n. (slang) A woman’s breast.
  • n. (wrestling) A professional wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and then slammed back-first…
  • n. (slang) A recreational drug ground up, wrapped, and swallowed.
  • v. (transitive, intransitive) To attack using one or more bombs; to bombard.
  • v. (intransitive, slang) To fail dismally.
  • v. (informal) To jump into water in a squatting position, with the arms wrapped around the legs.
  • v. (obsolete) To sound; to boom; to make a humming or buzzing sound.
  • v. (slang) To cover an area in many graffiti tags.
  • v. (informal) To add an excessive amount of chlorine to a pool when it has not been maintained properly.
  • adj. (slang) Great, awesome.

fail

  • v. (intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
  • v. (transitive) Not to achieve a particular stated goal. (Usage note: The direct object of this word is usually…
  • v. (transitive) To neglect.
  • v. (intransitive, of a machine, etc.) To cease to operate correctly.
  • v. (transitive) To be wanting to, to be insufficient for, to disappoint, to desert.
  • v. (intransitive) To receive one or more non-passing grades in academic pursuits.
  • v. (transitive) To give a student a non-passing grade in an academic endeavour.
  • v. (transitive, obsolete) To miss attaining; to lose.
  • v. To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence.
  • v. (archaic) To be affected with want; to come short; to lack; to be deficient or unprovided; used with of.
  • v. (archaic) To fall away; to become diminished; to decline; to decay; to sink.
  • v. (archaic) To deteriorate in respect to vigour, activity, resources, etc.; to become weaker.
  • v. (obsolete) To perish; to die; used of a person.
  • v. (obsolete) To err in judgment; to be mistaken.
  • v. To become unable to meet one's engagements; especially, to be unable to pay one's debts or discharge one's…
  • n. (uncountable, slang) Poor quality; substandard workmanship.
  • n. (slang) A failure (condition of being unsuccessful).
  • n. (slang, US) A failure (something incapable of success).
  • n. A failure, especially of a financial transaction (a termination of an action).
  • n. A failing grade in an academic examination.
  • adj. (slang, US) That is a failure.
  • n. A piece of turf cut from grassland.

failing

  • v. present participle of fail.
  • n. weakness; defect.
  • prep. if the preferred or prior option is not possible.

failure

  • n. State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success.
  • n. An object, person or endeavour in a state of failure or incapable of success.
  • n. Termination of the ability of an item to perform its required function, breakdown.

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