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foul-up

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of foul-up

an instance of confusion
  • There was a foul-up with our mail order, and not one item arrived as ordered.
Synonyms of foul-up

mix-up
Words Related to foul-up

bobble, botch, bungle, fumble

blunder, error, fault, flub, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, slip, slipup, stumble

chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, hash, jumble, mess, muddle, shambles

foul up

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of foul up

1 to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
  • tried not to foul up the football play
Synonyms of foul up

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

blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffle

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

destroy, wreck

mishandle, mismanage
Near Antonyms of foul up

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

doctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp
2 to make a mistake
  • Unfortunately, I fouled up and in my e-mail gave everyone the wrong date for the meeting.
Synonyms of foul up

blunder, err, flub, fluff, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), screw up, slip up, stumble, trip
Words Related to foul up

nod

bobble, botch, bungle, butcher, foozle, mangle, mishandle, muff, murder

miscalculate, misconceive, miscount, miscue, misdeem, misgauge, misjudge, mistake

misconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand
Phrases Synonymous with foul up

drop the ball, lay an egg

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