Botch

//bɒt͡ʃ//

Synonyms for "botch" (220 found)

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Closest matches (44)

Verb(17 words)

ball up bodge bumble bungle fuck up mess up mishandle screw up spoil blight blot blow bobble bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up

blunder anamorphosis bad job bad likeness bat out be all thumbs bevue bitch bitch up blight blow blunder away blunder into blunder on blunder upon bobble bodge boggle bollix bonehead play

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boner boo boo boo-boo

Noun(4 words)

bloomer blooper blunder boner

Strong matches (66)

Related words (110)

Verb(27 words)

jack up jury-rig kludge kluge knock together knock up louse up macgyver make-do mar mommick muck up muff patch patch-up pollute put a crimp in queer ruin soil

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sour stain turn upside down undo upset upset the applecart vitiate

jury rig jury-rig knock off knock out knock together lash up loose ends louse up lumber make a blunder make a misstep mangle mar mess mess around mess up messiness misconduct miscue misdraw

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Noun(1 words)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

6 entries

error fail fault go wrong miscarry mistake

Synonyms

2 entries

Related terms

4 entries

bodge foul up mess up screw up

derived

8 entries

blotch botch job botch up botch-up botcher botchery botchwork botchy

etymologically related_to

1 entries

manner of

1 entries

related to

19 entries

bodge boil bungler care clumsily conglomeration foul up hodgepodge incompetent mend mess mess up perform screw up skill sore

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Translations

113 translations across 23 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries

нескопосана работа noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
извършвам нескопосано verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
скърпвам verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)

Catalan

2 entries

bunyol noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
potinejar verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Czech

1 entries

fušovat verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)

Dutch

1 entries

verprutsen verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Esperanto

4 entries

fuŝaĵo noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
fuŝaĵo noun (a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle)
fuŝaĵo noun (a mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing)
fuŝi verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Finnish

2 entries

tunaroida verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
tunaroida verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)

French

4 entries

bidouillage noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
bâcler verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
bâcler verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)
rater verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Galician

1 entries

chafallada noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)

German

4 entries

Murks noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
Pfusch noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
Pfusch noun (a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle)
murksen verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)

Hungarian

4 entries

fusermunka noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
fusermunka noun (a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle)
kontármunka noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
kontármunka noun (a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle)

Irish

3 entries

praiseach noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
prácás noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
praiseach a dhéanamh de verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Italian

4 entries

guazzabuglio noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
pasticcio noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
pastrocchio noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
abborracciare verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Norman

2 entries

bôtchi verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
bôtchi verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

slurve verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)

Polish

4 entries

amatorszczyzna noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
chałtura noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
fuszerka noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
fuszerka noun (a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle)

Portuguese

3 entries

gambiarra noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
arruinar verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
atrapalhar-se verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)

Romanian

1 entries

fușeri verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Russian

4 entries

халту́ра noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
запа́рывать verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
запоро́ть verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
испо́ртить verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

sfušeriti verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)
upropástiti verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
сфушерити verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)
упропа́стити verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Sicilian

4 entries

aciu noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
mpracchiu noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
mpracchiari verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
mpracchiari verb (to do (something) without care or skill, clumsily)

Slovak

2 entries

nepodarok noun (a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle)
zbabrať verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Spanish

4 entries

chapucería noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
chapuza noun (a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle)
churro noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
pifia noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)

Welsh

3 entries

traed moch noun (An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly)
cawlio verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)
poitsio verb (to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Tom hopes he didn't botch the job.

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Tom made a botch of things.

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I hope I didn't botch the job.

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I hope that I didn't botch the job.

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