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单词 garbled
释义

garbled

adjective

gar·​bled ˈgär-bəld How to pronounce garbled (audio)
: made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up
a garbled message
garbled speech
… scientific cranks—those folks who concoct garbled and grandiose pseudo-scientific theories … Robert W. Wilson
A garbled group of syllables came over the speaker. Tom Clancy
But so much happened afterward to him that his five-day drive from Cracow to Warsaw soon became a garbled fading memory. Herman Wouk
Since the algorithm relies on the absolute accuracy of everything it has read to build the file, garbled information could lead to any number of mistakes. Paul C. Schuytema

Word History

First Known Use

circa 1757, in the meaning defined above

garbled

verb

past tense of garble
1
as in distorted
to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately garbled by his opponent

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • distorted
  • misrepresented
  • misinterpreted
  • obscured
  • twisted
  • complicated
  • perverted
  • falsified
  • warped
  • slanted
  • confused
  • misstated
  • cooked
  • fudged
  • censored
  • colored
  • mistranslated
  • misrelated
  • disguised
  • masked
  • misspoke
  • veiled
  • bowdlerized
  • bent
  • camouflaged
  • misdescribed
  • whitewashed
  • dissembled
  • mystified
  • belied
  • lied
  • confounded
  • fibbed
  • equivocated
  • mistook
  • prevaricated
  • paltered
  • glossed (over)
  • mixed (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • interpreted
  • explained
  • illustrated
  • clarified
  • cleared (up)
  • illuminated
  • deciphered
  • spelled out
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2
as in filtered
to remove usually visible impurities from garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • filtered
  • extracted
  • refined
  • clarified
  • processed
  • distilled
  • cleaned
  • purified
  • washed
  • purged
  • fined
  • cleared
  • sifted
  • rectified
  • cleansed
  • leached
  • sanitized
  • bolted
  • screened
  • sieved
  • decontaminated
  • disinfected
  • elutriated

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • clouded
  • muddied
  • contaminated
  • dulled
  • tainted
  • polluted
  • soiled
  • defiled
  • sullied
  • dirtied
  • fouled
  • besmirched
  • begrimed
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