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Verb
To perform a task incompetently
To ruin or put an end to something
To form or shape into a ball
To perform a task incompetently
To perplex, confuse (someone)
Noun
An object, person or endeavor in a state of failure
An act or judgment that is misguided or wrong
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Verb
▲
To perform a task incompetently
bungle
botch
flub
muff
blunder
blow
bumble
mishandle
bodge
butcher
fluff
mangle
mismanage
ruin
bobble
boggle
fumble
spoil
dub
foozle
fudge
mar
miscalculate
murder
boot
err
screw up
foul up
make a mess of
drop the ball
goof up
louse up
make a hash of
mess up
muck up
ball up
bollix up
do something badly
gum up
make a Horlicks of
make a muck of
make a pig's ear of
make a dog's dinner of
make a nonsense of
wreck
misdirect
misconduct
misgovern
muddle
maladminister
stumble
fail
misrule
damage
confound
overlook
hash
confuse
jumble
make a botch of
mix up
stuff up
manage badly
botch up
destroy
goof
prostitute
misemploy
pervert
mishit
trip
boob
choke
miss
slip
misuse
bollix
flounder
misjudge
mess
slip up
mutilate
miscompute
distort
misapply
misconstrue
mend
be incompetent
trip up
get wrong
muddle up
deliver badly
bollocks up
fall down
do clumsily
pull a boner
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Verb
▲
To ruin or put an end to something
destroy
shatter
scupper
scotch
crush
blight
dash
undo
banjax
upset
cruel
vitiate
louse up
foul up
screw up
make a mess of
do for
play havoc with
put the kibosh on
blow a hole in
do in
bring to naught
make a hash of
muck up
put the lid on
cook someone's goose
upset the applecart
ruin
wreck
mar
devastate
injure
harm
smash
demolish
sabotage
cripple
impair
break
spoil
queer
blow
mess up
thwart
foil
frustrate
stymie
annihilate
undermine
topple
hinder
subvert
quash
neutralize
US
overthrow
hamper
decimate
raze
obliterate
wrack
defeat
botch
obstruct
squelch
eradicate
unbuild
skin
crimp
cramp
impoverish
craze
neutralise
UK
put an end to
bring down
put at risk
cancel out
render ineffective
work against
damage
throw a spanner in the works
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
rain on someone's parade
hurt
deface
disfigure
ravage
compromise
blemish
despoil
pillage
flaw
plunder
trash
sack
total
endamage
desecrate
defile
torpedo
desolate
depredate
crab
bloody
spoliate
scar
debase
nix
blast
crool
disfeature
euchre
prejudice
blot
squash
cross up
take apart
make useless
disrupt
dish
overturn
prevent
put paid to
end
threaten
quell
nullify
confound
invalidate
put a stop to
wreak havoc on
baulk
UK
weaken
baffle
check
circumvent
block
balk
US
taint
stain
disappoint
extinguish
suppress
sink
mangle
bring to an end
bodge
scuttle
poison
bust
interrupt
terminate
attack
dispatch
endanger
incapacitate
imperil
jeopardize
US
eliminate
disable
annul
abolish
be detrimental to
kill
bollix
abort
jeopardise
UK
interfere with
break down
break up
be prejudicial to
be disadvantageous to
intrude on
be deleterious to
destabilize
US
sap
vaporize
US
pulverize
US
waste
ruinate
flatten
debilitate
dilapidate
overwhelm
ravish
cream
nuke
muller
scourge
reduce
level
mutilate
deplete
maim
pulverise
UK
vaporise
UK
oust
afflict
lessen
minimize
US
undercut
minimise
UK
destabilise
UK
diminish
knock down
reduce to rubble
reduce to nothing
bring to nothing
bring to ruin
wreak havoc upon
pull down
leave in ruins
lay waste
clean out
wipe out
tear down
lay in ruins
rub out
leave desolate
unseat
decay
dethrone
forestall
detract from
supplant
stop
contravene
debar
obviate
impede
snooker
derail
depose
vandalize
US
gut
bar
discomfit
halt
repel
repress
deter
chip away
tarnish
bilk
repulse
curb
rattle
parry
nobble
checkmate
outwit
smirch
sully
put a damper on
restrain
blank
counter
counterplot
cross
bury
glitch up
crack
dent
scratch
scorch
abuse
tear
dirty
dismantle
knock
corrupt
discolour
UK
lacerate
scathe
maltreat
gnaw
wrong
infect
split
vandalise
UK
rust
rot
discolor
US
burn
disintegrate
disestablish
dissolve
put the stopper on
put a spoke in someone's wheel
cause setback
hold up
get the better of
put end to
stand in the way of
put the mockers on
nip in the bud
beat down
take wind out of sails
bleach
fade
stab
corrode
pollute
contaminate
dampen
bang up
smash up
wear away
tamper with
chill
cloud
unsettle
play merry hell with
drive a nail into the coffin of
do damage to
deliver a blow to
tumble
wreak havoc with
burst bubble
bring about the downfall of
discredit
rebut
refute
disprove
controvert
debunk
negate
confute
contradict
belie
disconfirm
deny
challenge
drive a coach and horses through
throw out
call into question
poke holes in
prove wrong
blow sky-high
shoot down
give the lie to
prove false
shoot full of holes
blow out of the water
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Verb
▲
To form or shape into a ball
wads
balls
compacts
compresses
rolls
scrunches
packs
rounds
stuffs
agglomerates
clews
orbs
conglobes
globes
winds
conglobates
molds
US
moulds
UK
forms
crumples
squeezes
screws
“Dogs don't care if you
ball up
your socks up and leave them under the couch.”
Verb
▲
To perform a task incompetently
flubs
botches
fumbles
bungles
blunders
muffs
boggles
mishandles
mismanages
muddles
fouls up
messes up
ballses up
makes a muck of
botches up
blows
errs
miscalculates
goofs up
louses up
gums up
bobbles
butchers
bumbles
screws up
fluffs
boots
dubs
spoils
ruins
mucks up
foozles
mangles
bollixes up
murders
drops the ball
flounders
mends
bollixes
messes
misapplies
falls down
miscomputes
distorts
confuses
makes a mistake
boobs
trips up
drops a clanger
puts your foot in it
misjudges
goofs
makes mistake
makes a boo-boo
blows it
gets it wrong
drops a brick
gets wrong
slips up
makes a pig's ear of
makes a Horlicks of
makes a mess of
makes a hash of
makes a dog's dinner of
bodges
makes a nonsense of
does something badly
fudges
more ❯
“The best man
balled up
his speech, stammering and tripping over his words.”
Verb
▲
To perplex, confuse (someone)
befuddles
baffles
confounds
confuses
bemuses
mystifies
perplexes
puzzles
bewilders
flummoxes
stupefies
bamboozles
flusters
nonplusses
vexes
addles
beats
buffaloes
discombobulates
disorients
dumbfounds
fazes
foxes
fuddles
gravels
mazes
muddles
stumps
befogs
dazes
distracts
muddies
poses
bothers
gets
inebriates
intoxicates
makes punchy
shakes
throws off
mixes up
blows your mind
goes to your head
throws
wilders
fogs
floors
flabbergasts
disconcerts
rattles
stuns
obfuscates
snows
upsets
surprises
takes aback
ruffles
throws off balance
stymies
staggers
disturbs
frustrates
disorientates
brings up short
sets someone thinking
causes to be at a stand
makes someone scratch their head
makes your head spin
messes with one's head
astounds
astonishes
clouds
amazes
obscures
blurs
beclouds
makes unclear
distorts
overwhelms
discomposes
unnerves
convolutes
eludes
catches off balance
shakes up
muddies the waters
startles
complicates
garbles
dulls
numbs
dismays
worries
tangles
perturbs
bowls over
confuscates
blows away
knocks for six
boggles the mind of
leaves open-mouthed
strikes dumb
knocks sideways
knocks out
knocks senseless
distracts from
bedevils
psychs out
deranges
confusticates
boggles
exercises
besets
stumbles
balks
US
thwarts
baulks
UK
dislocates
defeats
gets to
shocks
causes to lose your bearings
gets at
throws for loop
rocks
dumfounds
thunderstrikes
surprizes
flurries
agitates
deadens
awes
dazzles
discomfits
harasses
unsettles
discountenances
benumbs
besots
disquiets
affects
troubles
dizzies
hits like a ton of bricks
makes nervous
causes someone to lose their composure
puts off
catches unawares
puts someone off their stroke
puts into a flap
throws into a tizz
knocks unconscious
lays out
represses
misrepresents
conceals
leaves aghast
jumbles
takes by surprise
stops someone in their tracks
hides
mires
embroils
ravels
boggles the mind
throws up smoke screen
colors
US
tarnishes
fuzzes up
throws a veil over
falsifies
colours
UK
taints
fuzzes
clouds the issue
equivocates
muddies the waters of
screws up
knocks the stuffing out of
twists
entangles
makes a mess of
misinforms
obnubilates
renders uncertain
makes more difficult
misleads
makes difficult
makes complex
darkens
leads astray
muddies up
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Noun
▲
An object, person or endeavor in a state of failure
failure
catastrophe
fiasco
defeat
disaster
abortion
debacle
flop
blunder
lemon
washout
botch
calamity
collapse
let-down
clinker
dud
fizzle
foul-up
hash
letdown
wreck
bankruptcy
bomb
breakdown
bummer
bungle
bust
clunker
fail
failing
misadventure
miss
misstep
tragedy
crash
frustration
loss
mess
miscarriage
mishap
nonsuccess
shipwreck
trouble
turkey
cropper
frost
implosion
misfortune
nonachievement
nonperformance
rout
snafu
stalemate
zero
balls-up
screw-up
damp squib
dead duck
dead loss
false step
faux pas
lead balloon
sinking ship
total loss
vain attempt
flash in the pan
big zero
shambles
car crash
trainwreck
loser
omnishambles
train wreck
downfall
cockup
farce
bodge
whammy
massacree
pig's breakfast
non-starter
quagmire
dysfunction
pig's ear
poor performance
imbroglio
no-hoper
FUBAR
SNAFU
comedy of errors
Charlie Foxtrot
goat rope
hot mess
fizzer
screwup
ruination
ruin
muck
muddle
embarrassment
disintegration
disappointment
fall
rabble
reversal
route
defeasance
dissolution
smash
smashup
havoc
setback
misfiring
undoing
foundering
fumble
bungling
error
discomfiture
crack-up
reverse
misfire
blue ruin
rejection
perfect storm
CF
non-success
dumb thing to do
dog's dinner
dog's breakfast
lack of success
fizzling out
falling through
coming to nothing
non-fulfilment
breaking down
car wreck
cluster foxtrot
decline
deterioration
overthrow
flameout
comedown
stoppage
malfunction
descent
demise
rupture
end
destruction
decay
shutdown
degradation
anticlimax
down
nonstarter
disruption
interruption
halt
blow
cessation
termination
vanquishing
fault
omission
neglect
oversight
defect
delinquency
deficiency
reject
default
inadequacy
deficit
checkmate
death
downer
crumbling
slump
degeneration
crumpling
disorganization
US
seizure
folding
disorganisation
UK
disgrace
bringdown
falling apart
comeuppance
falling to pieces
falling down
loss of status
non-function
extinction
mistake
nonevent
blank
slip
débâcle
write-off
barramundi
nonaccomplishment
jalopy
negligence
miscue
junk
dereliction
meltdown
want
non-achiever
drag
unsuccessfulness
unsuccess
old banger
buckling
falling
depression
piece of junk
abasement
vain effort
dog
flopperoo
bellyflop
choker
stumble
capitulation
non-event
ballup
dissatisfaction
disgruntlement
dismay
also-ran
chagrin
mix-up
hopeless case
no-go
discouragement
backfire
mess up
disillusionment
waste of space
nonfeasance
disturbance
hitch
fall from grace
demotion
downgrading
crackup
hindrance
impediment
mess-up
insuccess
vanquishment
break
humbling
belittlement
humiliation
mortification
pratfall
dive
break-up
conking out
flunk
lowering of status
bitter pill
loss of face
reality check
unseating
seizing up
defeatedness
debasement
declination
conquest
annihilation
degeneracy
toppling
declension
ousting
devolution
Waterloo
deposition
decadence
elimination
nemesis
eclipse
labefaction
bane
doom
rack and ruin
road to ruin
loss of power
loss of prosperity
state of defeat
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▲
An act or judgment that is misguided or wrong
mistake
error
blunder
oversight
slip
fault
gaffe
miscalculation
flaw
misjudgement
misjudgment
misunderstanding
fumble
misinterpretation
misreading
misstep
boner
misdeed
slight
stumble
clanger
gaff
inadvertence
snafu
aberration
bloomer
boob
flub
fallacy
lapse
misapprehension
slipup
underestimation
bungle
delusion
fail
howler
misreckoning
goof
misconception
misjudging
neglect
overestimation
confusion
fluff
illusion
miscue
muddle
blooper
misapplication
screwup
trip
boo-boo
false move
false step
faux pas
poor judgment
slip-up
error of judgment
poor choice
balls-up
foul-up
mess-up
mix-up
screw-up
snarl-up
bad idea
complication
dilemma
upheaval
difficulty
quandary
hash
trouble
commotion
emergency
intricacy
struggle
snarl
complexity
encumbrance
awkwardness
involvement
car crash
human error
inaccuracy
clinker
brick
bobble
solecism
indiscretion
failure
defect
botch
slip of the tongue
impropriety
lapsus calami
lapsus linguae
thinko
miss
omission
muff
barry
glitch
bloop
gaucherie
transgression
mess
slip of the pen
goof-up
Freudian slip
miscount
mishap
bug
gremlin
breach of etiquette
misconstruction
offence
UK
offense
US
familiarity
mixup
misestimation
peccadillo
indecorum
floater
breach
misestimate
delinquency
botch-up
typo
breakdown
misusage
poor decision
crime
misconduct
trespass
erratum
exception
sin
err
mishandling
wrongdoing
cockup
flop
negligence
fiasco
misevaluation
wrong
bumble
hiccup
debacle
malfunction
failing
brain fart
fall
obstruction
virus
blip
catch
showstopper
limitation
dropping the ball
dumb move
wrong impression
false reading
infelicity
imperfection
bad move
spoonerism
misuse
typographical error
tongue twister
bad choice
poor decision-making
pratfall
foul up
screw up
pretermission
wreck
shambles
mismanagement
shortcoming
imprudence
absurdity
deviation
hesitation
accident
upset
bodge
snag
misfielding
bad
wrength
wrong move
bozo eruption
putting foot in mouth
violation
whoops
dereliction
flummox
foulup
vice
literal
corrigendum
botched job
flub-up
stupid mistake
dumb thing to do
unfaithfulness
wrongness
impreciseness
unreliability
plan gone awry
overestimate
malaprop
bonehead play
overvaluation
undervaluation
blow
misdemeanour
UK
printer's error
misprint
misconstruing
misbehavior
US
hole
misspeaking
misdemeanor
US
muddle-up
misperception
error of judgement
bungling
bas
parapraxis
misreading of the situation
misbehaviour
UK
inadvertency
misimpression
break
malapropism
misbelief
mischievousness
felony
mischief
wickedness
misknowledge
folly
unseemliness
indiscreetness
misspeak
crudeness
incomprehension
barbarism
incorrect sum
wrong word
lapse of etiquette
social blunder
colossal blunder
blunder in etiquette
confounding
inconsistency
turkey
bomb
lemon
bummer
frost
washout
clunker
bust
dud
fizzle
bad behaviour
foolish mistake
hitch
blemish
problem
something wrong
wrong idea
disaster
catastrophe
grammatical mistake
false impression
lapsus plumæ
false belief
want
default
loss
verbal mistake
plot hole
own goal
slip up
self-defeating action
plot error
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