to garble a quotation
Source: wiktionary
Garble
//ˈɡɑː(ɹ)bəl//
Synonyms for "garble" (166 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (49)
Related words (83)
misapplymisapprehendmischievousnessmiscitemiscolormisconceivemisconstruemisdeemmisdirectmisexplainmisexplicatemisexpoundmisinterpretmisjudgemisquotemisreadmisrendermisreportmisrepresentmisstate
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Noun(13 words)
Verb(1 words)
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1 entriesderived
6 entriesrelated to
7 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 11 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- изкривявам verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- изопачавам verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
Czech
3 entries- pomotat verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- poplést verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- zkomolit verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
Dutch
2 entries- knoeien met verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- verkeerd voorstellen verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
Finnish
2 entries- vinouttaa verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- vääristellä verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
French
2 entries- brouiller verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- déformer verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
Georgian
2 entries- გამრუდება verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- დამახინჯება verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
German
1 entries- verstümmeln verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
Greek
1 entries- διαστρέφω verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
Macedonian
3 entries- и́зврти verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- и́скриви verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- изо́пачи verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
Russian
4 entries- искажа́ть verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- искази́ть verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- искове́ркать verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- искриви́ть verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
Ukrainian
3 entries- викривляти verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- перекручувати verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
- спотворювати verb (to mutilate; to pervert)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
to garble an account
Source: wiktionary
In a word, as the whole relation is carefully garbled of all the levity and looseness that was in it, so it all applied, and with the utmost care, to virtuous and religious uses. None can, without being guilty of manifest injustice, cast any reproach upon it, or upon our design in publishing it.
Source: wiktionary
The editor garbled the story.
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