Synonyms of misfiring

misfiring

verb

present participle of misfire

as in failing

to go wrong

their scheme to rob the bank misfired disastrously and landed them all in jail

Synonyms & Similar Words

• failing
• stalling
• falling short
• missing
• falling flat
• miscarrying
• dying
• flopping
• struggling
• crashing
• coming to grief
• coming a cropper
• foundering
• floundering
• folding
• flunking
• slumping
• fizzling
• skidding
• bombing
• slipping
• waning
• busting
• washing out
• tanking
• declining
• breaking down
• flaming out
• conking (out)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• succeeding
• prevailing
• thriving
• flourishing
• prospering