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balls up
| Main Entry: |
ball up
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | botch |
| Synonyms: | blunder, boggle, botch up, bungle, flub, foul up, fumble, make a muck of, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff |
| Main Entry: | befuddle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | addle, baffle, ball up, bewilder, bother, daze, disorient, distract, dumbfound, fluster, inebriate, intoxicate, make punchy, mix up, muddle, puzzle, shake, stupefy, throw off |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain |
| Main Entry: | bewilder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | confuse |
| Synonyms: | addle, baffle, ball up, befuddle, bemuse, confound, daze, disconcert, distract, floor*, fluster, mess with one's head, mix up, muddle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, rattle, snow*, stump, stupefy, throw, upset |
| Antonyms: | clear up, explain, orient |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | gum up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | botch |
| Synonyms: | ball up, blow*, blunder, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, foul up, fumble, goof up, louse up, make a muck of, mar, mend, mess, mess up*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjectu |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | louse up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | botch |
| Synonyms: | ball up, blow*, blunder, bobble, boggle, bollix, boot, bumble, bungle, butcher, distort, err, fall down, flounder, flub, foul up, fumble, goof up, gum up, make a muck of, mar, mend, mess up*, mess*, misapply, miscalculate, miscompute, misconjecture, misconstrue, mishandle, misjudge, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, mutilate, patch, pull a boner, ruin, screw up, spoil, stumble, wreck |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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