What is another word for dead duck?
Pronunciation:
[ dˈɛd dˈʌk], [ dˈɛd dˈʌk], [ d_ˈɛ_d d_ˈʌ_k]
Related words: dead duck syndrome, dead duck campaign, dead duck syndrome definition, start to live like a duck
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Synonyms for Dead duck:
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adj.
• desperate- Desponding ,
- despairing ,
- despondent ,
- downcast ,
- forlorn ,
- futile ,
- gone ,
- hard up ,
- inconsolable ,
- irremediable ,
- sad ,
- sunk ,
- useless ,
- vain ,
- wretched .
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n.
• sitting duck • state Other synonyms:
- also-ran ,
- failure ,
- fair game ,
- fall guy ,
- fuck up ,
- lame duck ,
- lost cause ,
- quitter ,
- second best ,
- underachiever .
- target .
Other relevant words:
- aim ,
- asleep ,
- at peace ,
- at rest ,
- at sea ,
- baffled ,
- ball up ,
- balls-up ,
- ballup ,
- bankruptcy ,
- batch ,
- beauty ,
- befuddled ,
- bemused ,
- bewildered ,
- blame ,
- blamed ,
- blasted ,
- blessed ,
- blow ,
- blue ,
- bobble ,
- bollix ,
- bollix up ,
- bollocks ,
- bollocks up ,
- bomb ,
- bootless ,
- botch ,
- botch up ,
- breeze ,
- bring down ,
- bumble ,
- bungle ,
- bungling ,
- burlesque ,
- bust ,
- butt ,
- bygone ,
- bypast ,
- calamity ,
- cataclysm ,
- catastrophe ,
- child's play ,
- chump ,
- cinch ,
- cipher ,
- clumsy ,
- cockup ,
- collapse ,
- conceited ,
- condemn ,
- confounded ,
- confused ,
- crack-up ,
- crisp ,
- crispen ,
- cursedly ,
- curst ,
- cut ,
- cut back ,
- cut out ,
- cypher ,
- damn ,
- damnably ,
- darned ,
- deal ,
- dear ,
- deceased ,
- decomposition ,
- decry ,
- departed ,
- deplorable ,
- depraved ,
- depressed ,
- despicable ,
- deuced ,
- dip ,
- dire ,
- direct ,
- disconsolate ,
- dish ,
- dislocation ,
- disoriented ,
- dispirited ,
- distressing ,
- do-or-die ,
- dog-tired ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downhearted ,
- drink ,
- drop ,
- drunk ,
- duck soup ,
- easy mark ,
- egotistic ,
- egotistical ,
- elfin ,
- elia ,
- ensorcelled ,
- equipment failure ,
- excoriate ,
- execrable ,
- exhausted ,
- fagged ,
- fall ,
- fall flat ,
- fall through ,
- fatigued ,
- fell ,
- finished ,
- fix ,
- fizzle out ,
- floating-point operation ,
- flock ,
- flub ,
- fluff ,
- fool ,
- foregone ,
- foul up ,
- founder ,
- fruitless ,
- fumble ,
- fumbling ,
- gamboge ,
- gloomy ,
- goddam ,
- goddamn ,
- goddamned ,
- good deal ,
- great deal ,
- grim ,
- gull ,
- hapless ,
- haschisch ,
- hashish ,
- hatful ,
- heap ,
- heartsick ,
- helpless ,
- heroic ,
- hiss ,
- hissing ,
- hole ,
- ill-starred ,
- impecunious ,
- in straitened circumstances ,
- inauspicious ,
- incapable ,
- incompetent person ,
- inebriated ,
- ineffectual ,
- infernal ,
- intoxicated ,
- jam ,
- joker ,
- kaput ,
- kettle of fish ,
- knock down ,
- knockout ,
- lamentable ,
- lampoon ,
- lemon tree ,
- lemon yellow ,
- looker ,
- lot ,
- louse up ,
- low ,
- low-spirited ,
- maize ,
- mantrap ,
- mark ,
- mass ,
- mazed ,
- meaningless ,
- mess hall ,
- mess up ,
- messiness ,
- mickle ,
- mint ,
- miscreant ,
- miserable ,
- misfire ,
- misfortunate ,
- mishandle ,
- missed ,
- mixed-up ,
- mockery ,
- mountain ,
- mow ,
- muck up ,
- muckle ,
- muddle ,
- muff ,
- mug ,
- muss ,
- mussiness ,
- nobody ,
- nonachiever ,
- nonexistence ,
- nonstarter ,
- object ,
- objective ,
- objurgate ,
- otiose ,
- partitioning ,
- pasquinade ,
- passel ,
- pathetic ,
- peach ,
- peck ,
- penniless ,
- penurious ,
- perverse ,
- perverted ,
- peter out ,
- pickle ,
- picnic ,
- piece of cake ,
- pile ,
- pinched ,
- piteous ,
- pitiable ,
- pitiful ,
- place ,
- played out ,
- pledge ,
- plenty ,
- point ,
- poor ,
- pot ,
- predestinate ,
- preoccupied ,
- prey ,
- pull down ,
- punch bag ,
- punchball ,
- punching ball ,
- push down ,
- put-on ,
- putrefaction ,
- quarry ,
- quite a little ,
- raft ,
- ravisher ,
- record ,
- reduce ,
- republic of turkey ,
- right ,
- ripped ,
- rot ,
- rotting ,
- runner-up ,
- salute ,
- screw up ,
- self-conceited ,
- send-up ,
- sendup ,
- sibilation ,
- sight ,
- slash ,
- sleeveless ,
- slew ,
- slimy ,
- smasher ,
- smothered ,
- snap ,
- sorry ,
- spate ,
- spent ,
- spoil ,
- spoof ,
- stack ,
- stifled ,
- stinker ,
- strangled ,
- strike down ,
- stunner ,
- sucker ,
- suffering ,
- sweetheart ,
- swollen ,
- swollen-headed ,
- takeoff ,
- taper off ,
- target area ,
- through ,
- through with ,
- tidy sum ,
- touched ,
- tragedy ,
- travesty ,
- trim ,
- trim back ,
- trim down ,
- ugly ,
- unavailing ,
- unconsolable ,
- underperformer ,
- unequal to ,
- unfortunate person ,
- unlucky ,
- unqualified ,
- unrecoverable ,
- unretrievable ,
- unsaved ,
- unskilled ,
- unstuck ,
- unsuccessful person ,
- unworthy ,
- vile ,
- wad ,
- walkover ,
- wash ,
- washed-out ,
- washed-up ,
- wassail ,
- whipping boy ,
- woeful ,
- worn out ,
- worn-out ,
- worthless .
- desperate ,
- dud ,
- fizzle ,
- flop ,
- goner ,
- gosling ,
- incompetent ,
- lead balloon ,
- lemon ,
- non-starter ,
- nonentity ,
- sitting duck ,
- washout .
- Noway ,
- at end of one's rope ,
- at end of rope ,
- back to the wall ,
- can't win ,
- doomed ,
- ill-omened ,
- illomened ,
- in the cards ,
- in the soup ,
- in the toilet ,
- irrecoverable ,
- irretrievable ,
- no chance ,
- no way ,
- no-way ,
- no-win ,
- running out of time ,
- thrown down ,
- unredeemed ,
- up against it ,
- up the creek ,
- Menaced ,
- Star-crossed ,
- fated ,
- no-chance .
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How to use "Dead duck" in context?
Dead ducks are a common sight in many urban areas and can often be found along bodies of water. These birds are often scavenged by other animals and can pose a health risk if they are eaten. Dead ducks can also contaminate waterways with their dead bodies and oils.
Hyponym for Dead duck:
n.
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failure.
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