Blunder

/ˈblʌn.dɚ/

Synonyms for "blunder" (211 found)

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Closest matches (43)

absurdityaccidentact of follybad jobbe all thumbsbevueblooperblowblunder awayblunder intoblunder onblunder uponbobblebogglebollixbonehead playbonerboo booboo-boobotch
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bullbumble
Verb(7 words)
blunder outblurtblurt outboobboobedbumbledbumbles

Strong matches (63)

Noun(23 words)
bunglingembarrassmentserrerr in calculationerror countederror founderrorsfailfail verbfaultflubflubbingflubsfoul-upfuckupfumblesfumblinggaffegaffesgerman missen
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goofgoofshowler
Adjective(1 words)
errant throw

Related words (105)

Adjective(2 words)
massive mistakemisguided
Interjection(2 words)
oopswhoops

Related word relations

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More general

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More specific

14 entries
bonerbotchbungledata mislabelingfaux pasfumblegaffegraph misrepresentationhowlermiscalculatemislabelmismanagepolicy misstepstatistical misinterpretation

Collocations

10 entries
academic blunderavoidable blundercostly blunderepic blunderfateful blundermajor blunderpolicy blunderpolitical blunderpublic blunderserious blunder

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

2 entries

Translations

46 translations across 16 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries
  • правя груби грешки verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Dutch

4 entries
  • blunderen verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • een bok schieten verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • een flater slaan verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • flateren verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • fuŝi verb (To make a stupid mistake)

French

4 entries
  • faire une gaffe verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • fauter verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • gaffer verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • se planter verb (To make a stupid mistake)

German

4 entries
  • Mist bauen verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • danebengreifen verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • einen Bock schießen verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • murksen verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Greek

1 entries
  • σφάλλω verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • bakot lő verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Italian

4 entries
  • errare verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • prendere un abbaglio verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • prendere una cantonata verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • sbagliare verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Marathi

1 entries
  • घोडचूक करणे verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • bukke verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • tabbe seg ut verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • atrapalhar-se verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • cometer erro verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • fazer besteira verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Russian

4 entries
  • лажа́ться verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • лопухну́ться verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • ля́пнуть verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • облажа́ться verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • स्रेधति verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Spanish

1 entries
  • meter la pata verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Thai

3 entries
  • พลาดท่า verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • เพลี่ยงพล่ำ verb (To make a stupid mistake)
  • เสียที verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Volapük

1 entries
  • pökön verb (To make a stupid mistake)

Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

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What was she doing when she made that blunder?

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He was guilty of a blunder.

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As a result of his carelessness, he made a serious blunder.

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She's guilty of a grave blunder.

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