garble verbgarble noun
garbledgar‧bled /ˈɡɑːbəld $ ˈɡɑːr-/ adjective 
Word OriginWORD ORIGINgarbled
ExamplesOrigin:
1400-1500 garble ‘to remove impure parts by putting through a container with small holes’ (15-19 centuries), from Old Italian garbellare, from Arabic gharbala, from ghirbal ‘sieve’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The newspapers had some garbled version of the story.
- The voice on the tape was too garbled to understand.
- During the Renaissance, for example, it surfaced repeatedly albeit in somewhat garbled form.
- It was the peculiar accent that puzzled me before; it made Alice's words sound garbled, nonsensical.
- Rachel was not an easy person to go to with such a strange and garbled fear.
- The account appears in garbled form in the New Testament.
- There were a few more garbled words, part of an argument, then a loud noise and a scream.
Longman Language Activatornot clear► unclear/not clear
a garbled statement or report is very unclear and confusing SYN confused: · It is unclear how the man died.· The instructions aren't very clear.· The terms of our tenancy agreement are somewhat unclear.· The reasons for his resignation are still not clear.unclear/not clear about · His ideas are good, but he's very unclear about how he's going to achieve them.unclear/not clear whether/what/why etc · It's not clear why Parks didn't go straight to the police.· It is unclear whether the she will agree to the new arrangements.
► ambiguous having more than one possible meaning and therefore confusing and unclear: · The document's ambiguous wording makes it very difficult to follow.deliberately ambiguous (=intended to be difficult to understand): · The last part of her letter was deliberately ambiguous.
► imprecise words or statements that are imprecise are unclear because they do not describe or explain something in an exact way when this is necessary: · Many of the terms used in this book are imprecise.· She gave me directions to the hotel, but they were, shall we say, somewhat imprecise.
► vague unclear, especially because not enough details are given: · There have been vague rumours of a coup.vague idea: · I only had a vague idea of where the place was.vague about: · He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school.
► confusing a confusing situation, story, explanation, etc is difficult to understand because there does not seem to be any clear pattern or order to it: · The kidnappers issued a series of confusing demands.· I found the book really confusing. I kept forgetting who the characters were.· Cricket can be a pretty confusing game for non-players.
► muddled/garbled if something that someone tells you is muddled or garbled , it is very unclear and confusing because they themselves have not really understood it very well: · I heard a garbled version of the story from one of my students.· Conroy made some muddled statement about how company policy has to be observed in these situations.· The old woman's directions were so garbled that I just rolled up the window and drove on.
► unintelligible unintelligible speech or writing is impossible to understand, for example because the words are not clear or it is written very badly: · Her note was practically unintelligible.· I liked the music but the lyrics were completely unintelligible.
The papers had some garbled version of the story. a garbled phone message—garble verb [transitive]—garble noun [uncountable]garble verbgarble noun
garbledgar‧bled /ˈɡɑːbəld $ ˈɡɑːr-/ adjective Word OriginWORD ORIGINgarbled
ExamplesOrigin:
1400-1500 garble ‘to remove impure parts by putting through a container with small holes’ (15-19 centuries), from Old Italian garbellare, from Arabic gharbala, from ghirbal ‘sieve’EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- The newspapers had some garbled version of the story.
- The voice on the tape was too garbled to understand.
- During the Renaissance, for example, it surfaced repeatedly albeit in somewhat garbled form.
- It was the peculiar accent that puzzled me before; it made Alice's words sound garbled, nonsensical.
- Rachel was not an easy person to go to with such a strange and garbled fear.
- The account appears in garbled form in the New Testament.
- There were a few more garbled words, part of an argument, then a loud noise and a scream.
Longman Language Activatornot clear► unclear/not clear
a garbled statement or report is very unclear and confusing SYN confused: · It is unclear how the man died.· The instructions aren't very clear.· The terms of our tenancy agreement are somewhat unclear.· The reasons for his resignation are still not clear.unclear/not clear about · His ideas are good, but he's very unclear about how he's going to achieve them.unclear/not clear whether/what/why etc · It's not clear why Parks didn't go straight to the police.· It is unclear whether the she will agree to the new arrangements.
► ambiguous having more than one possible meaning and therefore confusing and unclear: · The document's ambiguous wording makes it very difficult to follow.deliberately ambiguous (=intended to be difficult to understand): · The last part of her letter was deliberately ambiguous.
► imprecise words or statements that are imprecise are unclear because they do not describe or explain something in an exact way when this is necessary: · Many of the terms used in this book are imprecise.· She gave me directions to the hotel, but they were, shall we say, somewhat imprecise.
► vague unclear, especially because not enough details are given: · There have been vague rumours of a coup.vague idea: · I only had a vague idea of where the place was.vague about: · He was rather vague about the reasons why he never finished school.
► confusing a confusing situation, story, explanation, etc is difficult to understand because there does not seem to be any clear pattern or order to it: · The kidnappers issued a series of confusing demands.· I found the book really confusing. I kept forgetting who the characters were.· Cricket can be a pretty confusing game for non-players.
► muddled/garbled if something that someone tells you is muddled or garbled , it is very unclear and confusing because they themselves have not really understood it very well: · I heard a garbled version of the story from one of my students.· Conroy made some muddled statement about how company policy has to be observed in these situations.· The old woman's directions were so garbled that I just rolled up the window and drove on.
► unintelligible unintelligible speech or writing is impossible to understand, for example because the words are not clear or it is written very badly: · Her note was practically unintelligible.· I liked the music but the lyrics were completely unintelligible.
The papers had some garbled version of the story. a garbled phone message—garble verb [transitive]—garble noun [uncountable]