MEANING
1. To end or lose force in a disappointing way rather than reaching the expected result.
2. To make a weak hissing or sputtering sound.
Use it for
Words that belong together
- fizzle out
- a plan fizzles
On the page
The campaign fizzled after the first week of publicity.
Nearby words
Word forms
- Base
- fizzle
- Past tense
- fizzled
- Past participle
- fizzled
- Present participle
- fizzling
Full tense & aspect guide
- Present
- fizzle
- Present continuous
- am/is/are fizzling
- Present perfect
- have/has fizzled
- Present perfect continuous
- have/has been fizzling
- Past
- fizzled
- Past continuous
- was/were fizzling
- Past perfect
- had fizzled
- Past perfect continuous
- had been fizzling
- Future
- will fizzle
- Future continuous
- will be fizzling
- Future perfect
- will have fizzled
- Future perfect continuous
- will have been fizzling
Choose the auxiliary that agrees with your subject. These are constructions of one word, not separate entries.
Usage notes
Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: fizzle; fizzles; fizzled; fizzled; fizzling Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common. Third-person singular: fizzles.
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