fiasco

About 0.84 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A sudden or unexpected failure.

   The event turned into a complete fiasco when the power went out.

2. noun A ludicrous or humiliating situation. Some effort that went quite wrong.
3. noun A wine bottle in a (usually straw) jacket.

Similar words

debacle chaos mess confusion failing doom fail failure setback breakdown

Often followed by

of in and at was that with had for

Word family

fiaschi fiascoes fiascos