Synonyms of go wrong
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Another word for go wrong is suffer. Other synonyms of go wrong are devolve and spend.
Synonyms and similar words for go wrong
verbTo worsen; to fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.
- atrophy
- break down
- decline
- deteriorate
- degenerate
- devolveTo degenerate; to break down.
- confound
- fade
- fall off
- go bad
- go downhillTo worsen or degenerate.
- go leftTo take a turn for the worse, to go horribly wrong.
- go off
- go pear-shapedTo go awry; to go wrong.
- go sideways
- go southTo become unfavorable; to decrease; to take a turn for the worse.
- go to hell
- go to pot
- go to seed
- go to the dogsTo decline or deteriorate shockingly.
- lapse
- molderA surname.
- pejorateTo become or make (something) worse; to deteriorate, to worsen.
- retrograde
- sufferTo become worse.
- spend
- sweal
- shrivel
- tabefy
- wither
- wither awayTo atrophy, or waste away.
- wane
- wanseTo wane; waste, waste away; pine; wither.
- worsen
- crack archaic
verbTo become wicked or depraved.
- break badTo go wrong; to go downhill.
- go to the badSynonym of go bad (“to become delinquent or criminal”).
- stray
Meaning of go wrong
- verb To worsen; to fail or go amiss; to have a bad outcome.
- verb To malfunction.
- verb To become wicked or depraved.
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