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foul up
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bungle |
| Synonyms: | blunder, boggle, botch, choke*, drop the ball, err, flub, foul up, fumble, goof up, make a mess of, mess up, miscalculate, mishandle, mismanage, screw up, slip |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | sabotage |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | incapacitate, damage |
| Synonyms: | attack, block, bollix, break up, cripple, deep six, destroy, disable, disrupt, do in, do*, foul up, frustrate, hamper, hinder, louse up, mess up*, obstruct, put out of action, put out of commission, screw up, subvert, take out*, throw a monkey wrench into, torpedo, undermine, vandalize, wreck |
| Antonyms: | abet, aid, fix, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | screw up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mess of |
| Synonyms: | blow, bobble, bollix, botch, bungle, confuse, flub, foul up, goof up, goof, louse, make hash of, mess, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muck up, muddle, muff, queer, snafu, spoil |
| Antonyms: | succeed |
| Main Entry: | tangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knot, complicate |
| Synonyms: | catch, coil, confuse, derange, discompose, disorganize, drag into, embroil, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, foul up, hamper, implicate, interlace, interlock, intertwist, interweave, involve, jam, kink, make a party to, mat, mesh, mess up*, mix up, muck up, obstruct, perplex, ravel, snarl, tie up, trap, twist, unbalance, upset |
| Antonyms: | straighten, uncomplicate, untangle, untwist |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | thwart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stop, hinder |
| Synonyms: | baffle, balk, beat, bilk, check, circumvent, confuse, counter, crab, cramp, crimp, cross, curb, dash, defeat, disappoint, ditch, dodge, double-cross, duck, foil, foul up, frustrate, give the slip, hold up, impede, louse up, match, obstruct, oppose, outwit, pit, play off, prevent, queer*, restrain, ruin, scotch, skin, snafu, stymie, take down, take wind out of, trammel, upset, upset one's apple cart |
| Antonyms: | aid, assist, encourage, forward, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mishandle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bobble |
| Synonyms: | abuse, be incompetent, be inefficient, blow, blunder, botch, bungle, confound, err, flub, foul up, fumble, goof, goof up, gum up, harm, maladminister, mess up, misapply, misconduct, misdirect, misemploy, misgovern, mismanager, mistreat, misuse, muff, overlook, pervert, prostitute, screw up |
| Main Entry: | ball up |
| 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: | bollix up |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | botch |
| Synonyms: | blow, blunder, boggle, bolix, bolix up, bollix, bollocks up, bollox, bollox up, bungle, flub, foul up, fumble, make a muck of, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff |
| 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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