Synonyms of flubbing

flubbing

verb

present participle of flub

1

as in fumbling

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

added too much flour and flubbed the gravy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbling
• blowing
• botching
• dubbing
• ruining
• mangling
• murdering
• bungling
• booting
• destroying
• butchering
• spoiling
• fluffing
• muffing
• bumbling
• boggling
• damaging
• screwing up
• bobbling
• marring
• goofing (up)
• fouling up
• messing (up)
• wrecking
• blundering
• foozling
• muddling
• injuring
• mucking up
• buggering (up)
• bollixing (up)
• impairing
• hurting
• mutilating
• lousing up
• harming
• gumming (up)
• mismanaging
• blighting
• flawing
• vitiating
• mishandling
• blemishing
• piffling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• helping
• enhancing
• reforming
• refining
• rectifying
• remedying
• ameliorating
• bettering
• repairing
• fixing
• meliorating
• revamping
• patching
• doctoring
• renovating
• reconditioning

2

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbling
• stumbling
• tripping
• blundering
• fluffing
• nodding
• slipping up
• mistaking
• erring
• dropping the ball
• screwing up
• boobing
• goofing (up)
• misunderstanding
• laying an egg
• botching
• fouling up
• messing (up)
• lousing up
• mangling
• muffing
• bungling
• murdering
• misjudging
• butchering
• miscalculating
• miscounting
• misconceiving
• bobbling
• mishandling
• misconstruing
• misinterpreting
• miscuing
• foozling
• misdeeming
• misgauging

Example Sentences

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