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bungling definition
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Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bungle Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb bungle Entailment of verb bungle Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb bungle 2 senses of bungle Sense 1 botch, bumble, fumble, botch up muff, blow, flub, screw up ball up spoil, muck up bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up bollocks, bollocks up bobble, mishandle, louse up foul up mess up fuck up => fail go wrong miscarry Sense 2 bungle => act behave, do Familiarity of verb bungle bungle used as a verb is rare (polysemy count = 2) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb bungle Sense 1 botch, bumble, fumble, botch up muff, blow, flub, screw up ball up spoil, muck up bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up bollocks, bollocks up bobble, mishandle, louse up foul up mess up fuck up => fail go wrong miscarry -------------- Sense 2 bungle => act behave, do -------------- Overview of verb bungle The verb bungle has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. botch, bumble, fumble, botch up muff, blow, flub, screw up ball up spoil, muck up bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up bollocks, bollocks up bobble, mishandle, louse up foul up mess up fuck up -- (make a mess of destroy or ruin) 2. bungle -- (spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!") Overview of adj bungling The adj bungling has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent -- (showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf") 2. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed -- (not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "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 of adj bungling 2 senses of bungling Sense 1 bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent INDIRECT (VIA unskilled) -> skilled Sense 2 bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed INDIRECT (VIA maladroit) -> adroit Similarity of adj bungling 2 senses of bungling Sense 1 bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent => unskilled (vs. skilled) Sense 2 bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed => maladroit (vs. adroit) Attributes of adj bungling Familiarity of adj bungling bungling used as an adjective is rare (polysemy count = 2) Grep of adj bungling bungling Overview of verb bungle The verb bungle has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. botch, bumble, fumble, botch up muff, blow, flub, screw up ball up spoil, muck up bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up bollocks, bollocks up bobble, mishandle, louse up foul up mess up fuck up -- (make a mess of destroy or ruin) 2. bungle -- (spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly; "I bungled it!") Overview of adj bungling The adj bungling has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts) 1. bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent -- (showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf") 2. bumbling, bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed -- (not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; "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)
bungling definition
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