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dubbed

verb , past tense of dub

Synonyms and Antonyms of dubbed

1 to give a name to

I've dubbed my car the "Lone Ranger," although "Loan Raider" probably would have been more apt

Synonyms of dubbed

baptized (also baptised), called, christened, cleped [archaic], denominated, designated, entitled, labeled (or labelled), named, nominated, styled, termed, titled

Words Related to dubbed

branded, stigmatized, tagged

denoted, specified

miscalled, misnamed, mistitled

code-named, nicknamed

rechristened, relabeled (or relabelled), renamed

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

he dubbed his first attempt at homemade wine, but he got it reasonably right on the second

Synonyms of dubbed

blew, bobbled, boggled, bollixed (up), booted, botched, buggered (up), bumbled, bungled, butchered, flubbed, fluffed, foozled, fouled up, fumbled, goofed (up), loused up, mangled, messed (up), mucked up, muffed, murdered, screwed up

Words Related to dubbed

blundered, gummed (up), muddled, piffled

blemished, blighted, damaged, flawed, harmed, hurt, impaired, injured, marred, mutilated, ruined, spoiled (or chiefly British spoilt), vitiated

destroyed, wrecked

mishandled, mismanaged

Near Antonyms of dubbed

ameliorated, bettered, enhanced, helped, improved, meliorated, rectified, refined, reformed, remedied

doctored, fixed, patched, reconditioned, renovated, repaired, revamped

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