What is another word for dud?
489 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dˈʌd], [ dˈʌd], [ d_ˈʌ_d]
The word "dud" is often used to describe something that has failed or is of poor quality. There are many synonyms for this word, including "flop", "failure", "disappointment", "bust", "misfire", "dissatisfying", "inferior", "defective", "useless", "worthless" and "nonstarter". Each of these words can be used to convey similar meanings as "dud" but with slightly different connotations. "Flop" and "failure" imply a lack of success, while "disappointment" suggests unmet expectations. "Defective" and "useless" suggest that the item in question is not functioning as intended, while "worthless" conveys a complete lack of value. Overall, there are many ways to describe something as a "dud," and which synonym to use depends on the specific circumstances surrounding the failure.
Synonyms for Dud:
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adj.
• cheap- catchpenny ,
- cruddy ,
- glitzy ,
- no bargain ,
- no good ,
- rinkydink ,
- rubbishy ,
- small time ,
- junky ,
- rinky-dink ,
- scroungy ,
- second rate ,
- second-rate ,
- secondrate ,
- shoddy ,
- tawdry ,
- two bit .
- dud .
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n.
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- put on .
- brief successes ,
- flash in pan ,
- flash pan ,
- flash the pan ,
- flash-pan ,
- mis fire ,
- mis fires ,
- mis-fire ,
- mis-fires ,
- nine days wonder ,
- wet squibs .
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v.
• array- be deck ,
- be decked ,
- be decking ,
- be decks ,
- be-deck ,
- be-decked ,
- be-decking ,
- be-decks ,
- decking out ,
- decks out ,
- dogged out ,
- dogging out ,
- dogs out ,
- dudded ,
- dudding ,
- duded up ,
- dudes up ,
- duding up ,
- fits out ,
- out fit ,
- out fits ,
- out fitted ,
- out fitting ,
- out-fit ,
- out-fits ,
- out-fitted ,
- out-fitting ,
- suiting up ,
- suits up .
- Dizened ,
- Dizening ,
- be dizen ,
- be dizened ,
- be dizening ,
- be dizens ,
- be drape ,
- be draped ,
- be drapes ,
- be draping ,
- be-dizen ,
- be-dizened ,
- be-dizening ,
- be-dizens ,
- be-drape ,
- be-draped ,
- be-drapes ,
- be-draping ,
- bedraped ,
- bedrapes ,
- bedraping ,
- bundled up ,
- bundles up ,
- dis guise ,
- dis guised ,
- dis guises ,
- dis guising ,
- dis-guise ,
- dis-guised ,
- dis-guises ,
- dis-guising ,
- dizens ,
- end owed ,
- end owing ,
- end-owed ,
- end-owing ,
- guised ,
- guising ,
- in vest ,
- in vested ,
- in vesting ,
- in vests ,
- in-vest ,
- in-vested ,
- in-vesting ,
- in-vests ,
- liverying .
Other synonyms:
- clothes ,
- flash in the pan ,
- garment ,
- tog .
- Habiliment ,
- apparel ,
- clothing ,
- disappointment ,
- fiasco ,
- raiment .
- defeat .
- thread .
Other relevant words:
- CLADS ,
- array ,
- cladding ,
- clothe ,
- costumed ,
- costuming ,
- deck out ,
- decked out ,
- dog out ,
- dude up ,
- fit out ,
- fitted out ,
- fitting out ,
- garb ,
- garmented ,
- garmenting ,
- rig out ,
- rig up ,
- rigged out ,
- rigging up ,
- suit up ,
- suited up ,
- togged ,
- togging ,
- trying on ,
- turned out .
- Appareling ,
- Apparelled ,
- Apparelling ,
- Breeching ,
- Caparisoning ,
- Dandifying ,
- Habiting ,
- Jacketed ,
- Jacketing ,
- Liveries ,
- Mantling ,
- Robing ,
- Spruced ,
- Sprucing ,
- appareled ,
- attire ,
- bedizen ,
- bedizened ,
- bedizening ,
- bedizens ,
- bedrape ,
- breech ,
- breeched ,
- breeches ,
- bundle up ,
- bundling up ,
- caparisoned ,
- dandified ,
- dandifies ,
- dandify ,
- dizen ,
- enwrap ,
- gowned ,
- gowning ,
- habilitate ,
- habilitated ,
- habilitates ,
- habilitating ,
- habited ,
- liveried ,
- livery ,
- mantled ,
- raimented ,
- raimenting ,
- robed ,
- spruces .
- BRUTUM FULMEN ,
- Miscarrying ,
- Movables ,
- Toggery ,
- a-bomb ,
- abort ,
- abortion ,
- abortive attempt ,
- adjust ,
- adorn ,
- andno-hoper ,
- anticlimax ,
- arrange ,
- aspirant ,
- bad ,
- bankrupt ,
- bankruptcy ,
- bauble ,
- bedeck ,
- behind ones back ,
- belongings ,
- betrayal ,
- blank cartridge ,
- blow ,
- bogus ,
- bogy ,
- bomb ,
- bomb calorimeter ,
- breakdown ,
- broken ,
- bugaboo ,
- bugbear ,
- bummer ,
- bust ,
- candidate ,
- cannonball ,
- castrato ,
- catastrophe ,
- chattels ,
- cheap ,
- cipher ,
- clanger ,
- clinker ,
- clobber ,
- clunker ,
- collapse ,
- commit ,
- costumery ,
- counterfeit ,
- cover ,
- crash ,
- cry of wolf ,
- dark horse ,
- dead duck ,
- debacle ,
- deck ,
- decline ,
- decorate ,
- deficiency ,
- disaster ,
- dog ,
- downer ,
- drape ,
- dress ,
- dress up ,
- duds ,
- duff ,
- dummy ,
- effects ,
- embellish ,
- enclothe ,
- endue ,
- enrobe ,
- enshroud ,
- envelop ,
- equip ,
- equipment failure ,
- erroneous ,
- eunuch ,
- faint ,
- fake ,
- false ,
- false alarm ,
- favorite son ,
- feckless ,
- feeble ,
- fizzer ,
- fizzle ,
- flat ,
- flimsy ,
- flunk ,
- fragile ,
- frost ,
- fruitless ,
- furnish ,
- futile ,
- garments ,
- garnish ,
- gear ,
- gelding ,
- goods ,
- habit ,
- holdings ,
- hollow man ,
- hopeful ,
- humiliation ,
- ignominy ,
- illegitimate ,
- imperfect ,
- impotent ,
- incompetent ,
- ineffective ,
- inefficient ,
- infertile ,
- inoperable ,
- inoperative ,
- insincere ,
- install ,
- invalid ,
- invest ,
- jackstraw ,
- joker ,
- kaput ,
- lap ,
- lead balloon ,
- letdown ,
- light ,
- lop ,
- loss ,
- malfunctioning ,
- man of straw ,
- merry chase ,
- mess ,
- miscarriage ,
- misfire ,
- misfit ,
- miss ,
- muffle up ,
- nebbish ,
- nobody ,
- non-event ,
- non-functioning ,
- non-starter ,
- nonentity ,
- nothing ,
- nugatory ,
- nullity ,
- paraphernalia ,
- personalty ,
- phony ,
- place ,
- plunder ,
- pointless ,
- powerless ,
- prepare ,
- puppet ,
- pushover ,
- rag out ,
- rags ,
- rig ,
- rigging ,
- robe ,
- rotten ,
- running mate ,
- sad sack ,
- schlemiel ,
- schlimazel ,
- schnook ,
- shame ,
- sheathe ,
- shipwreck ,
- shlemiel ,
- shlimazel ,
- shroud ,
- slump ,
- spurious ,
- squib ,
- stalking-horse ,
- stuff ,
- swaddle ,
- swathe ,
- thin ,
- things ,
- threads ,
- thrive ,
- tire ,
- togs ,
- trifle ,
- unavailable ,
- unavailing ,
- unfaithful ,
- unloaded ,
- unobtainable ,
- unserviceable ,
- unsuccessful person ,
- untrue ,
- unusable ,
- unworkable ,
- useless ,
- vain ,
- vain attempt ,
- valueless ,
- vestiary ,
- vestments ,
- vesture ,
- wash ,
- washout ,
- watery ,
- weak ,
- weakling ,
- wear ,
- wearable ,
- wearables ,
- weeds ,
- wet squib ,
- wild-goose chase ,
- worthless ,
- wrap ,
- wrap up ,
- zero .
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How to use "Dud" in context?
Dud is a term used to describe something that is not working or is not as good as expected. It can be used to refer to products, people, or situations. This term has been around for a long time and is still used today.
Paraphrases for Dud:
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Forward Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
failure.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
misfire.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
-
Noun, singular or mass
judgement.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Dud:
n.
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person
loser, nonstarter, failure, unsuccessful person.
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person
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