GARBLED Synonyms: 82 Similar and Opposite Words

garbled

verb

Definition of garbled

past tense of garble

as in distorted

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately garbled by his opponent

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as in filtered

to remove usually visible impurities from garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe

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Huber noted the statistic about the 150,000 annual deaths due to climate change came from a World Health Organization publication and that the edit distorted the message of the sentence.

— Jessica Meszaros, Miami Herald, 21 Aug. 2026
Its supply side is unusually honest because the issuance schedule is public and resistant to political forces, while its price is constantly being distorted by the fiat nature of the dollar.

— Dave Birnbaum, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of distorted

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As water moves through their gills, it is filtered for microscopic organisms that these mollusks then consume as food.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 Aug. 2026
That risks creating a different version of the same problem, where legitimate candidates get filtered out by systems that are also guessing at what is real.

— Kara Dennison, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of filtered

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Defense Secretary Hegseth saying the reports of poor conditions have been completely misrepresented.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Democratic lawmakers demand investigations and an oversight visit, alleging dangerous conditions and poor treatment aboard the Lincoln, while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth dismisses the reports as exaggerated and misrepresented.

— Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of misrepresented

Verb

However, the department has not clarified the scope, and has not confirmed whether legitimate PSLF credit has been rescinded for some borrowers and, if so, whether it will be restored.

— Adam S. Minsky, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
Elci clarified that was a nod to his father’s work ethic, not a disregard for his passing.

— Mark Pazniokas, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of clarified

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Hoffman was born in Brooklyn, one of 10 children in an ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, and raised in Montreal after her Canadian mother extracted the family.

— Elisabeth Garber-Paul, Rolling Stone, 18 Aug. 2026
Like gallium, germanium is generally recovered as a by-product rather than extracted from dedicated mines.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of extracted

Verb

Prologis said the numbers were refined as key details were worked out.

— Bloomberg, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Hybrid tech has been around for decades, and some automakers have refined their hybrid nameplates over the years, mastering the balance between affordability and efficiency for consumers.

— Charles Singh, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of refined

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