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pratfall

[prat-fawl] / ˈprætˌfɔl /
NOUN
comedown
Synonyms
STRONG
anticlimax blow collapse comeuppance crash cropper decline defeat deflation demotion descent disappointment discomfiture dive down downfall failure fall flop humiliation reverse ruin setback undoing wreck
Antonyms
STRONG
accomplishment achievement ascent attainment boost building creation elevation good fortune improvement increase rise success triumph win
WEAK
boon fortune promotion
NOUN
decline
Synonyms
STRONGEST
deterioration downturn drop failure fall recession slump weakening
STRONG
abatement backsliding comedown cropper decay decrepitude degeneracy degeneration descent devolution diminution dissolution dive downfall downgrade dwindling ebb ebbing enfeeblement failing flop lapse relapse senility skids wane waning worsening
WEAK
fall-off falling-off on the skids
Antonyms
STRONGEST
increase rise success
STRONG
accomplishment achievement ascent development growth improvement progress strength strengthening upgrade
WEAK
betterment
NOUN
fall
Synonyms
STRONGEST
decline decrease dip drop plunge recession reduction slump spill
STRONG
abatement cut declivity diminution dive downgrade dwindling ebb header incline lapse lessening plummet slant slip slope tumble
WEAK
belly flop downward slope falling-off nosedive
Antonyms
STRONGEST
ascent rise
WEAK
climb
NOUN
nosedive
Synonyms
STRONG
abatement cut decline declivity decrease descent diminution dip dive downgrade downswing downturn drop drop-off dwindling ebb header incline lapse lessening plummet plunge recession reduction skid slant slide slip slope slump spill tumble
WEAK
belly flop downslide downtrend downward slope falling-off nose dive
Antonyms
STRONG
ascent development enlargement evenness expansion growth improvement incline increase level perfection rise success upgrade
VERB
flounder
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flop stumble wallow
STRONG
blunder bobble flummox fumble grope labor lurch muddle plunge snafu strive thrash toil toss travail tumble
WEAK
cast about come apart at the seams drop the ball fall down foul up go at backwards go to pieces make a mess of miss one's cue screw up slip up stub one's toe trip up work at
Antonyms
STRONG
idle laze
WEAK
do well succeed

Example Sentences

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He went on to suggest an improvement to one of Ms. Thompson’s lines and add a little pratfall at the end, and the set brightened with laughter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Her legs splay, tilt and leap readily into pratfall action.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2024

This might be an exorcism of the time she broke her neck while doing a pratfall as Cinderella in the 2002 revival of “Into the Woods.”

From New York Times • May 19, 2024

In a cultural landscape of darkly seriocomic prestige series like "Succession" and "The Bear," Rose Byrne is happy to just take a pratfall.

From Salon • Jun. 23, 2023

“Life becomes one big pratfall, Montag; everything bang; boff, and wow!”

From "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury

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