Bungle

//ˈbʌŋɡ(ə)l//

Synonyms for "bungle" (172 found)

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Closest matches (35)

blunder blow botch flub screw up bad job bat out be all thumbs bevue bitch blooper blunder away blunder into blunder on blunder upon bobble boggle

Verb(14 words)

ball up botch bumble fuck up mess up mishandle screw up spoil blight blot blow blunder bobble bodge

Noun(4 words)

botch bloomer blooper blunder

Strong matches (51)

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

15 entries

acquit act bear behave carry comport conduct deport do error fail fault go wrong miscarry mistake

Synonyms

6 entries

blow blunder botch flub scamp one’s work screw up

derived

6 entries

bungled bungler bunglery bunglesome bungling bunglingly

manner of

1 entries

related to

2 entries

Translations

52 translations across 18 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries

обърквам verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
работя несръчно verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries

搞砸 verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Czech

4 entries

fušerství noun (botched or incompetently handled action or situation — see also blunder)
fušeřina noun (botched or incompetently handled action or situation — see also blunder)
zfušovat verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
zpackat verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Dutch

1 entries

verknoeien verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Esperanto

1 entries

fuŝi verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Finnish

2 entries

hutiloida verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
tyriä verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

French

2 entries

foirer verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
rater verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Galician

3 entries

atrapallarse verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
embarullarse verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
embrollarse verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

German

4 entries

vergeigen verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
verkorksen verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
vermurksen verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
verpatzen verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Italian

2 entries

abborracciare verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
pasticciare verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Mon

2 entries

ကမၠောန်မကၠောန်လဝ်ဆဆဵု verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
ကၠောန်လဝ်ဆဆဵု verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Māori

2 entries

pakihawa verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
tupehau verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Polish

4 entries

amatorstwo noun (botched or incompetently handled action or situation — see also blunder)
amatorszczyzna noun (botched or incompetently handled action or situation — see also blunder)
fuszerka noun (botched or incompetently handled action or situation — see also blunder)
partactwo noun (botched or incompetently handled action or situation — see also blunder)

Portuguese

1 entries

atrapalhar-se verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Russian

4 entries

напорта́чить verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
порта́чить verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
схалту́рить verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
халту́рить verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Spanish

2 entries

embarullar verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
embarullar verb (to act or work incompetently — see also fumble)

Swedish

2 entries

fumla verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
klåpa verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Ukrainian

3 entries

капарити провалитися verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
партачити verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)
халтурити verb (to incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action — see also botch up, bumble)

Sample sentences

10 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

He doesn't bungle anything.

Source: tatoeba (2223655)

Travel agents may be left in the firing line after a bungle from Singapore Airlines saw business fares sold at economy prices.

Source: tatoeba (4714927)

The company will never recover after that last bungle.

Source: tatoeba (10494009)

I always had an idea that it would be bungled; but was willing to hope, and am still so. Whatever I can do by money, means, or person, I will venture freely for their freedom; and have so repeated to them (some of the Chiefs here) half an hour ago.

Source: wiktionary

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