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- a fly bumbling around the room while we were trying to sleep
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verb (2)Synonyms & Antonyms of bumbling (Entry 2 of 2)
- accused the White House staff of bumbling the announcement of the replacement for the cabinet post
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- I sort of bumbled through the dance number, hoping that it would soon end
Synonyms for bumbling
- blundering,
- flogging
- [British],
- floundering,
- limping,
- lumbering,
- plodding,
- struggling,
- stumbling,
- trudging
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Near Antonyms for bumbling
- overcome with stage fright, I could only bumble through the speech
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- blabbering,
- blathering,
- bleating,
- blithering,
- gabbing,
- jangling,
- jawing,
- pattering,
- prating,
- rattling,
- running on,
- smattering,
- tittle-tattling,
- trolling,
- yakking
- (also yacking)
- chuntering
- [British],
- maundering,
- mouthing,
- mumbling,
- murmuring,
- muttering
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The first known use of bumbling was in 1660
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