loser

n.

1. 1. One that fails to win: the losers of the game.
   2. One who takes loss in a specified way: a graceful loser; a poor loser.
2. 1. One that fails consistently, especially a person with bad luck or poor skills: "losers at home seeking wealth and glory in undeveloped countries" (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).
   2. One that is bad in quality: That book is a real loser.

noun

1. One that fails completely: bust, failure, fiasco, washout. Informal dud, flop, lemon. Slang bomb. See thrive/fail/exist.
2. A person living under very unhappy circumstances: miserable, underdog, underprivileged, unfortunate, wretch. See rich/poor.

n

Definition: person, thing which fails
Antonyms: achiever, success, winner

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An unexpectedly bad situation, program, programmer, or person. Someone who habitually loses. (Even winners can lose occasionally.) Someone who knows not and knows not that he knows not. Emphatic forms are real loser, total loser, and complete loser (but not **moby loser, which would be a contradiction in terms). See luser.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - taber, mislykket kast, tabskort

idioms:

• bad loser    dårlig taber
• good loser    god taber

Nederlands (Dutch)
mislukkeling, verliezer

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Sport) perdant, raté

idioms:

• bad loser    (être) mauvais perdant
• good loser    (être) bon perdant

Deutsch (German)
n. - Versager, Verlierer

idioms:

• bad loser    schlechter Verlierer
• good loser    guter Verlierer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - χαμένος, ηττημένος

idioms:

• bad loser    που δεν ξέρει να χάνει
• good loser    που ξέρει να χάνει

Italiano (Italian)
perdente

idioms:

• bad/good loser    cattivo/ buon perdente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - perdedor (m)

idioms:

• bad/good loser    mau/bom perdedor (m)

Русский (Russian)
проигравший, неудачник

idioms:

• bad/good loser    уметь/не уметь достойно проигрывать

Español (Spanish)
n. - fracasado, derrotado, perdedor

idioms:

• bad loser    mal perdedor
• good loser    buen perdedor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förlorare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
遗失者, 损失物, 损失者, 失败者

idioms:

• bad loser    输不起的人
• good loser    输得起的人

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 遺失者, 損失物, 損失者, 失敗者

idioms:

• bad loser    輸不起的人
• good loser    輸得起的人

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 잃은 사람, 패자, 패전국, 건달

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 失敗者, 損をする人, 敗者, 負け馬

idioms:

• bad/good loser    負けっぷりのいい人

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) الخاسر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפסיד, מפסידן‬

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