vverb.socialmake a mess of, destroy or ruinSynset:ball up blow bobble bodge bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up botch botch up bumble bungle flub fluff foul up fuck up fumble louse up mess up mishandle muck up muff screw up spoil
Examples:- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Derivationally Related Form:botcherbumblermess-upfluffspoilingspoilflubballupfuckupspoilagebunglerscrewupbotchfumblerbunglefoul-up
Hypernyms:fail go wrong miscarry
Inherited Hypernyms:botchfail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s
vverb.bodyspoil by behaving clumsily or foolishlyDerivationally Related Form:bunglebungler
Hypernyms:act behave do
Inherited Hypernyms:bungleact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s
adj satadj.allshowing lack of skill or aptitudeSynset:clumsy fumbling incompetent
Examples:- a bungling workman
- did a clumsy job
- his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf
Antonyms:skilled
Derivationally Related Form:incompetencyincompetenceclumsiness
Inherited Hypernyms:bungling
Similar to:unskilled
adj satadj.alllacking physical movement skills, especially with the handsSynset:bumbling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless heavy-handed left-handed
Examples:- a bumbling mechanic
- a bungling performance
- ham-handed governmental interference
- could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature - Mary H. Vorse
Antonyms:adroit
Inherited Hypernyms:bumbling
Similar to:maladroit