Entry Word: botch

Function: verb

Meaning: to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way <the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely>

Synonyms bobble, bungle, butcher, flub, foozle, foul up, fumble, louse up, mangle, mess (up), muff, murder

Related Words blunder, goof (up), gum (up); blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate; destroy, wreck; mishandle, mismanage

Near Antonyms ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedy