garble

garble

verb

Definition of GARBLE

1

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 bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp

Related Words misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate; belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash; bowdlerize, censor; complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up); mystify, obscure; equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate

Near Antonyms clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out; decipher

2

to remove usually visible impurities from <garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe>

Synonyms clear, distill (also distil), filter, fine, garble, purify

Related Words process, rectify, refine; clean, cleanse, decontaminate, elutriate, purge, wash; extract, leach; bolt, screen, sieve, sift; disinfect, sanitize

Near Antonyms cloud, dull, muddy; contaminate, dirty, soil; defile, pollute, taint; begrime, besmirch, foul, sully