All setback synonyms

noun setback

• misfortune — adverse fortune; bad luck.
• disappointment — Cape, a cape in SW Washington state, projecting into the Pacific Ocean on the N of the mouth of the Columbia River.
• bottom dollar — The last of one's money; all of one's money.
• letdown — a decrease in volume, force, energy, etc.: a letdown in sales; a general letdown of social barriers.
• dent — If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
• bafflement — Bafflement is the state of being baffled.
• holdup — a forcible stopping and robbing of a person.
• whaling — the work or industry of capturing and rendering whales; whale fishing.
• hiccup — a quick, involuntary inhalation that follows a spasm of the diaphragm and is suddenly checked by closure of the glottis, producing a short, relatively sharp sound.
• whitewash — a composition, as of lime and water or of whiting, size, and water, used for whitening walls, woodwork, etc.
• bad luck — You can say 'Bad luck', or 'Hard luck', to someone when you want to express sympathy to them.
• defeat — If you defeat someone, you win a victory over them in a battle, game, or contest.
• downthrow — a throwing down or being thrown down; overthrow.
• logjam — an immovable pileup or tangle of logs, as in a river, causing a blockage.
• insuccess — (archaic) Lack of success.
• extremity — The furthest point or limit of something.
• hard times — a period of difficulties or hardship.
• mishap — an unfortunate accident.
• knock — to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
• impediment — obstruction; hindrance; obstacle.
• disaster — a calamitous event, especially one occurring suddenly and causing great loss of life, damage, or hardship, as a flood, airplane crash, or business failure.
• demurral — the act or an instance of demurring
• deflation — Deflation is a reduction in economic activity that leads to lower levels of industrial output, employment, investment, trade, profits, and prices.
• hangup — Alternative spelling of hang-up.
• hard cheese — an unpleasant, difficult, or adverse situation: It's hard cheese for the unskilled worker these days.
• cost — The cost of something is the amount of money that is needed in order to buy, do, or make it.
• delay — If you delay doing something, you do not do it immediately or at the planned or expected time, but you leave it until later.
• curse — If you curse, you use rude or offensive language, usually because you are angry about something.
• difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
• discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
• meltdown — network meltdown
• beating — If someone is given a beating, they are hit hard many times, especially with something such as a stick.
• cooling-off period — A cooling-off period is an agreed period of time during which two sides with opposing views try to resolve a dispute before taking any serious action.
• ko — a knockout in boxing.
• comedown — If you say that something is a comedown, you think that it is not as good as something else that you have just done or had.
• hold-up — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
• glitch — a defect or malfunction in a machine or plan.
• nonsuccess — Absence of success; failure.
• nonfulfillment — neglect or failure to fulfill or carry out as required.
• disenchantment — to rid of or free from enchantment, illusion, credulity, etc.; disillusion: The harshness of everyday reality disenchanted him of his idealistic hopes.
• blow — When a wind or breeze blows, the air moves.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• arm and a leg — the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist.
• disillusionment — to free from or deprive of illusion, belief, idealism, etc.; disenchant.
• dead weight — A dead weight is a load which is surprisingly heavy and difficult to lift.
• fender-bender — a collision between motor vehicles in which there is only minor damage.
• outlay — an expending or spending, as of money.
• fly in the ointment — Also called true fly. any of numerous two-winged insects of the order Diptera, especially of the family Muscidae, as the common housefly.
• come to — When someone who is unconscious comes to, they recover consciousness.
• backset — a setback; a reversal