| 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: | blunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make mistake |
Synonyms: |
ball up, blow, bobble, botch, bumble, bungle, confuse, drop the ball, err, flounder, flub, foul up, fumble, gum up, louse up, mess up, misjudge, screw up, slip up, stumble |
Antonyms: |
correct, fix, restore |
| Main Entry: | bungle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder, mess up |
Synonyms: |
ball up, boggle, botch, butcher, drop the ball, err, flub, foul up, fudge, fumble, goof up, gum up, louse up, make a mess of, mar, mess up, miscalculate, mishandle, mismanage, muff, ruin, screw up, spoil |
Antonyms: |
do well, fix, manage, succeed |
| Main Entry: | butcher |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | ruin |
Synonyms: |
bollix up, botch, destroy, goof up, louse up, make a mess of, mutilate, screw up, spoil, wreck |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to be soiled |
Synonyms: |
begrime, besoil, blacken, blotch, blur, botch, coat, contaminate, corrupt, debase, decay, defile, discolor, draggle, encrust, foul, grime, make dusty, make impure, mess up, mold, muddy, pollute, rot, smear, smirch, smoke, smudge, smutch, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, sweat, taint, tar, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
clean, cleanse, purify, sterilize |
| Main Entry: | failure |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lack of success |
Synonyms: |
abortion, bankruptcy, bomb, botch, breakdown, bungle, bust, checkmate, collapse, decay, decline, defeat, deficiency, deficit, deterioration, downfall, failing, false step, faux pas, fiasco, flash in the pan, flop, frustration, implosion, inadequacy, lead balloon, lemon, loser, loss, mess, misadventure, miscarriage, misstep, nonperformance, nonsuccess, overthrow, rout, rupture, sinking ship, stalemate, stoppage, total loss, turkey, washout, wreck |
Antonyms: |
accomplishment, achievement, attainment, earnings, gain, merit, success, win |
| Main Entry: | faux pas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social error |
Synonyms: |
blooper, blooper, blunder, blunder in etiquette, boo-boo, botch, breach, break, bungle, colossal blunder, error, flop, flub, foul-up, gaffe, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, hash, impropriety, indecorum, indiscretion, mess, mess-up, misconduct, misjudgment, misstep, mistake, offense, oversight, slip, social blunder, solecism, transgression |
| Main Entry: | foul up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mess of |
Synonyms: |
botch, bungle, confuse, jumble, mismanage, mix up, muck up, muddle, screw up, snafu, snarl, tumble |
Antonyms: |
fix, mend, organize |
| 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: | goof |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mistake |
Synonyms: |
blow it, blunder, botch, bungle, err, flub, foul up, get wrong, louse up, make a boner, mess up, miscalculate, mix up, screw up, slip, snarl |