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Fumble

🔄 Synonyms of "Fumble"

22 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
blundernoun	A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
gropeverb	To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.
muffnoun	(vulgar slang) The vulva or vagina; pubic hair around it.
bollixnoun	(transitive) To botch or bungle.
spoilverb	(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
bobblenoun	A wobbling motion.
bollocksnoun	Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
fluffnoun	Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
botchnoun	To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
mess upverb	(transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
bungleverb	(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
flubnoun	(informal) An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
mishandleverb	(transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.
muck upverb	(informal, transitive, intransitive) To ruin unintentionally.
screw upverb	(transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
foul upverb	(intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To make a mistake, to go wrong.
ball upverb	(transitive, slang) To ruin or botch.
louse upverb	(idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
botch upverb	(informal, transitive) To ruin, mess up.
bollix upverb	(US, slang, transitive) To confuse or fluster.
bollocks upverb	(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) To fail to do correctly; to make a mess of.
blownoun	(intransitive) To produce an air current.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Fumble"

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Word	Definition
bungleverb	(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
mess upverb	(transitive) To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
muck upverb	(informal, transitive, intransitive) To ruin unintentionally.
louse upverb	(idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.
botch upverb	(informal, transitive) To ruin, mess up.
botchnoun	To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
blundernoun	A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
bollocks upverb	(UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Commonwealth, vulgar, slang) To fail to do correctly; to make a mess of.
foul upverb	(intransitive, slang, idiomatic) To make a mistake, to go wrong.
flubnoun	(informal) An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
bollixnoun	(transitive) To botch or bungle.
mishandleverb	(transitive) To deal with a situation incorrectly or ineffectively; to make a mistake in handling a situation.
screw upverb	(transitive, colloquial) To make a mess of; to ruin.
gropeverb	To touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.
spoilverb	(transitive) To ruin; to damage in such a way as to make undesirable or unusable.
blownoun	(intransitive) To produce an air current.
ball upverb	(transitive, slang) To ruin or botch.
fluffnoun	Anything light, soft or fuzzy, especially fur, hair, feathers.
bollocksnoun	Nonsense or information deliberately intended to mislead.
bobblenoun	A wobbling motion.