Synonyms of bumbling

bumbling 1 of 2

verb (1)

present participle of bumble

as in humming

to fly, turn, or move rapidly with a fluttering or vibratory sound

a fly bumbling around the room while we were trying to sleep

Synonyms & Similar Words

• humming
• buzzing
• zipping
• whispering
• whirring
• droning
• whizzing
• hissing
• zooming
• whistling
• sighing
• burring
• murmuring
• wheezing
• cooing
• purring
• chirring
• whishing
• thrumming
• churring
• rustling
• sizzling
• curring
• fizzing
• swishing
• whooshing

bumbling

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verb (2)

present participle of bumble

1

as in fumbling

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

accused the White House staff of bumbling the announcement of the replacement for the cabinet post

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbling
• bungling
• blowing
• dubbing
• murdering
• ruining
• botching
• mangling
• booting
• spoiling
• butchering
• blundering
• boggling
• bobbling
• destroying
• fluffing
• goofing (up)
• screwing up
• muffing
• mucking up
• flubbing
• damaging
• messing (up)
• fouling up
• marring
• foozling
• buggering (up)
• muddling
• wrecking
• bollixing (up)
• injuring
• lousing up
• impairing
• hurting
• gumming (up)
• mutilating
• harming
• blighting
• piffling
• vitiating
• flawing
• mismanaging
• mishandling
• blemishing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• helping
• enhancing
• reforming
• rectifying
• ameliorating
• remedying
• refining
• bettering
• repairing
• fixing
• meliorating
• revamping
• patching
• doctoring
• renovating
• reconditioning

2

as in stumbling

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

I sort of bumbled through the dance number, hoping that it would soon end

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbling
• struggling
• blundering
• floundering
• shuffling
• fumbling
• trudging
• limping
• plodding
• lumbering
• lurching
• shambling
• jogging
• swaying
• faltering
• flogging
• reeling
• staggering
• tottering
• wallowing
• muddling
• weltering
• teetering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flying
• coasting
• gliding
• sailing
• zipping
• zooming
• kilting

3

as in chatting

to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

overcome with stage fright, I could only bumble through the speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• drooling
• chattering
• drivelling
• gibbering
• stuttering
• muttering
• babbling
• shouting
• sputtering
• jabbering
• prattling
• shrieking
• gabbling
• mumbling
• driveling
• screeching
• blithering
• blathering
• blabbering
• stammering
• trolling
• prating
• gabbing
• yakking
• rattling
• bleating
• yacking
• murmuring
• pattering
• mouthing
• jangling
• jawing
• smattering
• maundering
• chuntering
• running on
• tittle-tattling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• articulating
• pronouncing
• enunciating