noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The act by which something is garbled or confused. countable, uncountable

   "Well, such cheap criticisms of the Bible are usually the fulsome garblings of ignorance, or the shifty device of prejudice."

2. 2
   The process of removing the unwanted substances present in crude drugs after drying. countable, uncountable

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of garble form-of, gerund, participle, present

Synonyms

All synonyms

coloringdistortionerrorexaggerationexpressionismfalsification

Example

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"Well, such cheap criticisms of the Bible are usually the fulsome garblings of ignorance, or the shifty device of prejudice."

Etymology

From garble + -ing.

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