FLUBBING Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

flubbing

verb

present participle of flub

as in fumbling

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way added too much flour and flubbed the gravy

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as in stumbling

to make a mistake at some point in your training you're going to flub, so don't let it rattle you

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Recent Examples of flubbing But Andrew Garfield told a funny story about Pattinson's old roommate, Tom Sturridge, flubbing his own audition for a part in the film. —

Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026 Simeon Cottle, the leading scorer for Kennesaw State men’s basketball, stands accused of intentionally flubbing his performance in a March 1, 2024, game against Queens University. —

Tyler Estep, AJC.com, 21 Jan. 2026 Filmmaking is flubbing the catch, and sometimes knowing the fool that's to blame is yourself. —

Susan Sontag, Vogue, 26 Oct. 2025 David Jiricek made what could have been a costly turnover in his own zone in the first period, flubbing a touch-pass into his own slot, but Robert Thomas couldn’t convert as Gustavsson steered him aside. —

Michael Russo, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025

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My first few hours with the EM11 NL were marked by overshooting links, fumbling through simple selections, and occasionally wondering why anyone would voluntarily use a vertical mouse.

— Sascha Brodsky, PC Magazine, 21 June 2026
Bennett is concerned, for instance, that Hong could win her primary and then be defeated in November by Republican Tom Tiffany, fumbling the governorship of a swing state into the hands of a far-right Freedom Caucus member who dabbled in 2020 election conspiracy theories.

— Will Lennon, ABC News, 16 June 2026