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bungle

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of bungle

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

bungled the job the first time she tried to do it

Synonyms of bungle

blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bugger (up), bumble, butcher, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up

Words Related to bungle

blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle

blemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiate

mishandle, mismanage

Near Antonyms of bungle

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

doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp

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