Stumbled

//ˈstʌmbl̩d//

Synonyms for "stumbled" (237 found)

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Closest matches (48)

lurch trip bad job balk barge be all thumbs befog bevue bewilder blooper blunder blunder away blunder into blunder on blunder upon bobble boggle bonehead play boner boo boo

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boo-boo botch breakdown bumble bump bump into bungle butcher cap capsize careen career chance clump clumsy performance collapse come a cropper come across come up against comedown commit a gaffe

Noun(5 words)

bloomer blooper blunder boo-boo cock-up

Verb(2 words)

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Related words (118)

inadvertency jib labor lapse lapsus calami lapsus linguae light limp list loose thread luck lumber mammer mar meet mess miscalculate miscue misstep mistake

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Noun(16 words)

lapse lapsus lulu lurch mess-up misstep mistake muck-up screwup slip slip-up solecism stagger thinko trip trip-up

Verb(7 words)

make a mistake misdo muck up screw up slip up trip trip up

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Sample sentences

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The kid stumbled and fell to his knees.

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In early times, inventions were often stumbled upon by accident.

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The stout man leaped over the shallow ditch and stumbled.

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Yesterday I stumbled across a copy of my father's family register.

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