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Fiasco Complete Failure Ludicrous Humiliating Viewed Hundred Days

Word fiasco
Definition a complete failure, especially a ludicrous or humiliating one
Example Many have viewed the fiasco of the Hundred Days of 1898 in black and white terms, seeing Kang, Liang, and the emperor as heroes defeated by evil reactionaries.

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