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| Main Entry: | blunder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make mistake |
| Synonyms: | blow, botch, bumble, bungle, confuse, err, flounder, flub*, foul up, fumble, mess up, misjudge, screw up*, stumble, ball up, bobble, drop the ball, gum up, louse up, slip up |
| Antonyms: | correct, fix, restore |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | botch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | blunder |
| Synonyms: | blow*, boggle*, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher*, distort, err, flounder, flub*, fumble, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, ruin, screw up*, spoil, stumble, wreck, bobble, bollix, fall down*, goof up*, gum up, louse up, miscompute, misconjecture, muck up*, pull a boner |
| Antonyms: | accomplish, achieve, succeed, do well |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | clump |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make thumping noise |
| Synonyms: | barge, bumble, clatter, hobble, limp, lumber, plod, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, thud, thump, tramp, clomp, galumph, scuff |
| Main Entry: | hum |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | buzz, vibrate |
| Synonyms: | bum, bumble, croon, drone, moan, mumble, murmur, purr, rustle, sing, sound, strum, throb, trill, warble, whir, whisper, zoom, bombilate, bombinate, sing low, thrum |
| Main Entry: | indiscretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake |
| Synonyms: | bumble, error, faux pas, folly, foolishness, gaffe, goof*, imprudence, lapse, miscue, naiveté, rashness, recklessness, slip*, slip of the tongue*, stumble, stupidity, thoughtlessness, crudeness, dropping the ball, dumb move, excitability, fool mistake, foul-up, gaucherie, hastiness, indiscreetness, ingenuousness, misjudgment, misspeak, screw-up, simple-mindedness, slip-up*, tactlessness, unseemliness |
| Antonyms: | care, discretion, right, discreetness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lurch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move toward with jerk |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, dodge, duck, falter, flounder, heave, jerk, lean, list, pitch, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, slide, slip, stagger, stumble, sway, swing, teeter, tilt, toss, totter, wallow, weave, wobble, yaw, move to the side |
| Antonyms: | retreat |
| Main Entry: | buzz |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make droning sound |
| Synonyms: | bumble, drone, fizz, fizzle, hum, murmur, reverberate, ring, whir, whisper, whiz, bombinate, sibilate |
| Main Entry: | stumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slip, stagger |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, err, fall, falter, flounder, hesitate, limp, lumber, lurch, muddle, pitch, reel, shuffle, stammer, swing, tilt, topple, totter, trip, wallow, waver, wobble, fall down, lose balance |
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