Synonyms of botching

botching

verb

present participle of botch

as in fumbling

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 & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of botching

The look was a polarizing one, leading the Spaniard to blame one of his brothers for botching the assignment. — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 30 July 2026

Atlanta was out-everythinged in an 83-71 loss to the Indiana Fever on Thursday, botching a chance at a statement game. — Brian Hamilton, New York Times, 5 June 2026

He was taken into custody at the scene, after botching several sobriety tests, body-cam footage shows. — Jessica Schladebeck, New York Daily News, 14 May 2026

On Monday night in Cleveland, a grown man in the Progressive Field bleachers created a ruckus by botching a home run catch and then stealing the ball from the young girl who was trying to pick it up on the rebound. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026

Lawmakers of both parties accused Bondi of botching the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, which Congress directed in December. — Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 2 Apr. 2026

In a federal lawsuit filed this month seeking millions in damages, Lebohang Morake, known as Lebo M, accused Zimbabwean comedian Learnmore Jonasi of intentionally botching the translation of the lyrics, central to both the Disney films and the musical theater adaptations. — Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2026

Continue reading … RINSE AND REPEAT — CNN slammed for third time for botching NYC terrorist attack coverage. — FOXNews.com, 12 Mar. 2026

Or rather, none of it happens without the Rockies botching the Arenado thing so badly that CEO Dick Monfort and the family felt obligated to take this massive swing to try and replace him. — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 21 Feb. 2026