| Main Entry: | botch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder |
Synonyms: |
blow*, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck |
Antonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, do well, succeed |
| Main Entry: | cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | betray, hinder |
Synonyms: |
backtalk, block, bollix, buck, crab, cramp, crimp, deny, double-cross, flummox, foil, foul up, frustrate, have bone to pick, impede, interfere, knock props out, louse up, obstruct, oppose, resist, sell out, sell*, snafu, stab in the back, stonewall, stump, stymie, take on, take wind out of sails, thwart |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | disrupt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | upset, disorganize |
Synonyms: |
agitate, bollix, confuse, disarray, discombobulate, discompose, disorder, disturb, mess up, mix up, muck up, muddle, muddy the waters, psych out, put off, rattle, rattle one's cage, rummage, screw up, shake, spoil, throw, unsettle, upset the apple cart |
Antonyms: |
arrange, organize, ready |
| Main Entry: | err |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mistake; do wrong |
Synonyms: |
be in error, be inaccurate, be incorrect, be mistaken, blow*, blunder, bollix, boo-boo, deviate, drop the ball, fall, flub, foul up, go astray, go wrong, goof, lapse, louse up, make a mess of, mess up*, misapprehend, misbehave, miscalculate, misjudge, muff, offend, screw up, sin, slip up, snafu, snarl up, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, wander |
Antonyms: |
correct |
| Main Entry: | foil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | circumvent, nip in the bud |
Synonyms: |
baffle, balk, beat, bilk, bollix, buffalo, check, checkmate, counter, crab, cramp, crimp, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, disconcert, ditch, dodge, duck, elude, faze, foul up, frustrate, get around, give the run-around, give the slip, hang up, hinder, juke, nullify, outwit, prevent, rattle, restrain, run circles around, run rings around, shake, shake off, shuffle off, skip, stop, stymie, throw monkey wrench in, thwart, upset the apple cart |
| Notes: | a fencing sword with a bowl-shaped guard and flexible blade is an épée; the one with a circular guard is a foil |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, assist, help |
| Main Entry: | fumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bumble, mess up |
Synonyms: |
bollix, botch, bungle, err, feel, flounder, flub, fluff, goof, grapple, grope, lose the handle, louse up, misfield, mishandle, mismanage, scrabble, screw up, spoil, stumble |
Antonyms: |
do well |
| Main Entry: | mess up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disorder, dirty |
Synonyms: |
befoul, besmirch, bobble, bollix, botch, bungle, clutter, confuse, damage, derange, destroy, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorganize, disturb, foul, goof up, gum up, jumble, litter, louse up, muddle, pollute, ruin, rummage, scramble, screw up, smear, soil, spoil, unsettle, upset |
Antonyms: |
arrange, order, organize, tidy |
| Main Entry: | sabotage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incapacitate, damage |
Synonyms: |
attack, block, bollix, break up, cripple, deep six, destroy, disable, disrupt, do in, do*, foul up, frustrate, hamper, hinder, louse up, mess up*, obstruct, put out of action, put out of commission, screw up, subvert, take out*, throw a monkey wrench into, torpedo, undermine, vandalize, wreck |
Antonyms: |
abet, aid, fix, help |
| Main Entry: | screw up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mess of |
Synonyms: |
blow, bobble, bollix, botch, bungle, confuse, flub, foul up, goof up, goof, louse, make hash of, mess, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, queer, snafu, spoil |
Antonyms: |
succeed |
| Main Entry: | bollix up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | botch |
Synonyms: |
blow, blunder, boggle, bolix, bolix up, bollix, bollocks up, bollox, bollox up, bungle, flub, foul up, fumble, make a muck of, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff |