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Synonyms for bust
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Princeton's WordNet
flop, bust, fizzlenoun
a complete failure
"the play was a dismal flop"
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flop, hiss, floating-point operation, dud, tear, bout, hissing, washout, sibilation, collapse, binge, fizzle, hushing, female chestAntonyms:
richfemale chest, bustnoun
the chest of a woman
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flop, binge, female chest, fizzle, tear, boutAntonyms:
richbustnoun
a sculpture of the head and shoulders of a person
Synonyms:
flop, binge, female chest, fizzle, tear, boutAntonyms:
richbust, tear, binge, boutadjective
an occasion for excessive eating or drinking
"they went on a bust that lasted three days"
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flop, rip, snag, round, bout, split, tear, teardrop, orgy, binge, fizzle, female chest, rent, splurge, turnAntonyms:
richbroke, bust, skint, stone-broke, stony-brokeverb
lacking funds
"`skint' is a British slang term"
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skint, broke, stony-broke, stone-brokeAntonyms:
richbreak, bustverb
ruin completely
"He busted my radio!"
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rupture, demote, kick downstairs, tear, cave in, collapse, let on, break-dance, split up, interrupt, offend, reveal, die, disclose, soften, expose, pause, fail, smash, erupt, wear out, weaken, get around, go bad, break up, recrudesce, transgress, break away, split, unwrap, come apart, bankrupt, crack, ruin, dampen, break, give away, get out, break off, separate, fall apart, break out, fall in, give out, go, founder, break in, break dance, stop, intermit, divulge, breach, check, snap off, damp, violate, infract, give, fracture, bring out, break down, discontinue, give way, conk out, better, part, relegate, burst, wear, raid, bump, snap, go against, discover, develop, let outAntonyms:
richraid, bustverb
search without warning, make a sudden surprise attack on
"The police raided the crack house"
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tear, rupture, wear, wear out, foray into, snap, raid, break, fall apart, burstAntonyms:
richtear, rupture, snap, bustverb
separate or cause to separate abruptly
"The rope snapped"; "tear the paper"
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wear out, buck, snatch up, click, fall apart, shoot, burst, flick, deplume, break down, crack, displume, pluck, photograph, break, shoot down, lose it, tear, raid, pull, wear, charge, snap, snatch, deplumate, snarl, ruptureAntonyms:
richbreak, wear, wear out, bust, fall apartverb
go to pieces
"The lawn mower finally broke"; "The gears wore out"; "The old chair finally fell apart completely"
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crack, raid, tire out, break away, give way, hold out, soften, reveal, develop, unwrap, conk out, assume, jade, collapse, die, transgress, founder, weaken, discover, snap off, stop, go, demote, tire, break out, separate, don, split, give away, damp, wear off, smash, get into, interrupt, have on, get out, fracture, relegate, bring out, violate, divulge, pause, let on, get around, wear out, cave in, wear down, break-dance, break up, check, wear thin, give out, break in, give, split up, wear upon, better, burst, go bad, endure, rupture, breach, break off, disclose, erupt, weary, recrudesce, break dance, go against, dampen, fatigue, break down, fall in, tear, put on, bump, let out, ruin, fall apart, fag out, offend, kick downstairs, bear, part, infract, outwear, fail, come apart, bankrupt, crumble, go to pieces, expose, break, discontinue, intermit, snap, wearAntonyms:
richburst, bustverb
break open or apart suddenly and forcefully
"The dam burst"
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wear out, bristle, abound, tear, collapse, break open, break, snap, raid, erupt, wear, burst, split, fall apart, explode, ruptureAntonyms:
rich
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How to use bust in a sentence?
Seattle’s a boom and bust town – it’s been gold boom and bust, tech boom and bust.
Blow:
Fred Sometimes you're flush and sometimes you're bust, and when you're up, it's never as good as it seems, and when you're down, you never think you'll be up again. But life goes on.
The two of them are walking around like they’re going to bust they’re so happy and so full of pride for the neighborhood.
Now a Jew, in the dictionary, is one who is descended from the ancient tribes of Judea, or one who is regarded as descended from that tribe. That's what it says in the dictionary; but you and I know what a Jew is -- One Who Killed Our Lord. And although there should be a statute of limitations for that crime, it seems that those who neither have the actions nor the gait of Christians, pagan or not, will bust us out, unrelenting dues, for another deuce.
Only myopics judge people, relationships, businesses with short term lens. Any startup or public company that survived the dot com bust and 9/11 came out bigger than anyone imagined. If India wants an ecosystem like USA or China, new age companies need nurturing & patience vs. criticism or outcast.
Translations for bust
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- إفلاسArabic
- бюст, арестувам, счупвам, разбивамBulgarian
- bustCatalan, Valencian
- busta, bystaCzech
- einlochen, BüsteGerman
- μπούστοGreek
- bustoEsperanto
- fiasco, busto, reventarSpanish
- مجسمه نیم تنهPersian
- rikkoa, ratsia, pysti, pidättää, povi, rintakuva, pidätysFinnish
- arrêter, bouziller, buste, prendre sur le fait, fiasco, choper, pincer, attraper, prendre la main dans le sac, éclater, niquer, arrestationFrench
- mellszoborHungarian
- կիսանդրիArmenian
- payudaraIndonesian
- bustoIdo
- brjóstmyndIcelandic
- sgamare, far scoppiare, acciuffare, scoppiare, fiasco, attaccare, arresto, busto, rompere, sfasciare, fare irruzione, irruzioneItalian
- חזהHebrew
- 乳房, 半身像, 胸像Japanese
- 앞가슴, 흉상Korean
- bysteNorwegian
- bij de lurven pakken, fiasco, breken, oppakken, razzia, borstbeeld, betrappen, barsten, vatten, buste, flop, arrestatieDutch
- bysteNorwegian Nynorsk
- fiasko, pierś, klapa, nalot, popiersiePolish
- bustoPortuguese
- бюст, рейд, женская грудь, налёт, облаваRussian
- bista, бистаSerbo-Croatian
- bystSwedish
- büstTurkish
- бюстUkrainian
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