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fumbled

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fumbled

showing or marked by a lack of skill and tact (as in dealing with a situation)

my future father-in-law shook his head over my fumbled attempt to compliment his daughter

Synonyms of fumbled

awkward, botched, bungling, clumsy, inept, inexpert, maladroit

Words Related to fumbled

amateur, amateurish, crude, green, incompetent, ineffectual, inefficient, inexperienced, unpolished, unprofessional, unskilled, unskillful

careless, sloppy, tacky, tactless, undiplomatic

ill-advised, ineffective, ineffectual, misdirected, misguided

Near Antonyms of fumbled

able, accomplished, adept, capable, clever, competent, consummate, crackerjack, expert, masterful, masterly, polished, professional, proficient, skilled, skillful, talented

diplomatic, easy, effortless, gracious, smooth, tactful

Antonyms of fumbled

adroit, deft, dexterous (also dextrous), facile

fumbled

verb , past tense of fumble

Synonyms and Antonyms of fumbled

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

her assistant fumbled the party plans by getting the time wrong on the invitations

Synonyms of fumbled

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

Words Related to fumbled

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 fumbled

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

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

2 to search for something blindly or uncertainly

the librarian fumbled for the light switch as she entered the dark room

Synonyms of fumbled

felt, fished, groped, scrabbled

Words Related to fumbled

grabbled

cast about, hunted, looked, reached, sought (out)

captured, clutched, corralled, got, grabbed, nabbed, nailed, seized, snatched

combed, dredged, dug (through), raked, ransacked, rifled, rummaged, scoured

3 to make a mistake

just when it looked like he was going to get away with the ruse, he fumbled

Synonyms of fumbled

blundered, boobed [British], erred, flubbed, fluffed, fouled up, goofed (up), loused up, messed (up), screwed up, slipped up, stumbled, tripped

Words Related to fumbled

nodded

bobbled, botched, bungled, butchered, foozled, mangled, mishandled, muffed, murdered

miscalculated, misconceived, miscounted, miscued, misdeemed, misgauged (also misgaged), misjudged, mistook

misconstrued, misinterpreted, misunderstood

Phrases Synonymous with fumbled

dropped the ball, laid an egg

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