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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | collapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall apart, break down |
| Synonyms: | belly up, bend, break, cave in, conk out, crack up, crumple, deflate, disintegrate, droop, drop, exhaust, fail, faint, fall down, flag, flake out, fold, founder, give, give in, give out, give way, go to pieces, go*, keel over, languish, shatter, subside, succumb, tire, topple, weaken, weary, wilt, yield |
| Antonyms: | build, increase, rise |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | droop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | hang down; languish |
| Synonyms: | bend, dangle, decline, depress, diminish, drop, fade, fail, faint, fall down, flag, lean, let down, loll, lop, sag, settle, sink, sling, slouch, slump, subside, suspend, weaken, wilt, wither |
| Antonyms: | inflate, rise |
| Main Entry: | flounder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | struggle; be in the dark |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bobble, cast about, come apart at the seams, drop the ball, fall down, flop, flummox, foul up, fumble, go at backwards, go to pieces, grope, labor, lurch, make a mess of, miss one's cue, muddle, plunge, pratfall, screw up, slip up, snafu, strive, stub one's toe, stumble, thrash, toil, toss, travail, trip up, tumble, wallow, work at |
| Notes: | founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly |
| Antonyms: | do well, succeed |
| Main Entry: | implode |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collapse inward |
| Synonyms: | cave in, fall down, fall in, fold, fold up |
| Notes: | explode is to blow up from a confined area outwards; implode means blow inwards, as a lightbulb does when it burns out |
| Main Entry: | stumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slip, stagger |
| Synonyms: | blunder, bumble, careen, err, fall, fall down, falter, flounder, hesitate, limp, lose balance, lumber, lurch, muddle, pitch, reel, shuffle, stammer, swing, tilt, topple, totter, trip, wallow, waver, wobble |
| 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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