Synonyms of bungles

bungles 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bungle

as in fumbles

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

bungled the job the first time she tried to do it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• blows
• botches
• dubs
• murders
• mangles
• flubs
• ruins
• boots
• bumbles
• boggles
• destroys
• spoils
• fluffs
• bobbles
• butchers
• muffs
• fouls up
• mars
• screws up
• injures
• blunders
• damages
• goofs (up)
• flaws
• muddles
• mucks up
• wrecks
• messes (up)
• impairs
• buggers (up)
• foozles
• hurts
• mutilates
• blights
• louses up
• bollixes (up)
• harms
• mismanages
• vitiates
• gums (up)
• mishandles
• blemishes
• piffles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improves
• reforms
• enhances
• refines
• helps
• rectifies
• ameliorates
• remedies
• betters
• repairs
• fixes
• doctors
• revamps
• renovates
• reconditions
• patches
• meliorates

bungles

2 of 2

noun

plural of bungle

as in botches

Related Words

• botches
• fumbles
• bobbles
• blunders
• flubs
• foul-ups
• miscues
• mistakes
• inaccuracies
• missteps
• stumbles
• mix-ups
• goofs
• errors
• lapses
• slipups
• oversights
• shambles
• slips
• faults
• muddles
• disorders
• jumbles
• disorganizations
• hashes
• disarrangements
• confusions
• messes
• chaoses
• disarrays

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bungles

Verb

Joe Burrow bungles Bengals’ passing game My theory of the case with Caleb Williams is that there was untapped running value here. — Michael Salfino, New York Times, 14 Sep. 2026

Gentleman thief Sir Charles Lytton (David Niven) circles the prize while Inspector Jacques Clouseau (Peter Sellers) bungles the pursuit with sublime obliviousness. — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2025