loused up

verb

past tense of louse up
1
as in fumbled
to make a mistake everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up

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2
as in blew
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way I loused up the wallpapering job in the bedroom—the seams show too much

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for loused up
  1. fumbled
  2. blew
  3. stumbled
  4. screwed up
  5. slipped up
  6. ruined
  7. tripped
  8. dubbed
Verb
  • Harris fumbled with the Giants driving in Arizona territory early in the fourth quarter.
    — Doug Haller, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2026
  • The Cougars were stopped at the UCF 3 on consecutive drives before Overmyer fumbled at the UCF 7 and into the end zone, recovered by the Knights.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Definition of fumbled
Verb
  • Then a character actor who plays a private investigator blew us all out of the water on the first take, just completely out-acting us all!
    — Sarah Larson, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
  • A couple of weeks ago, the Dallas Cowboys blew a game against the Baltimore Ravens in the final seconds when coach Brian Schottenheimer didn't order a kickoff rocketed into the end zone.
    — Armando Salguero OutKick, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of blew
Verb
  • Kore-eda stumbled on the manga in a bookshop rather than through its serial run.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 7 Oct. 2026
  • Jessica Koslow stumbled upon them at another shop, Virgil Normal, resulting in a collaboration with her restaurant Sqirl.
    — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2026
Definition of stumbled
Verb
  • That doesn’t mean the Yankees screwed up in their process by trading for Stanton.
    — Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Every time a player screwed up, the coaching staff and his teammates received a text message, calling out both the infraction and the guilty party.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
Definition of screwed up
Verb
  • The Iberians slipped up big time in their first match of the tournament, being shocked by Switzerland 1-0, bringing back ghosts of tournament failures past for Spanish fans.
    — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 14 July 2026
  • Had Pep Guardiola’s side slipped up at a subdued Etihad, then Arsenal and Mikel Arteta could have won the title with victory over Burnley on Monday.
    — Sam Lee, New York Times, 13 May 2026
Definition of slipped up
Verb
  • On Monday, workers hauled out a 200-pound piece of equipment that was ruined by the saltwater and sand carried in on the high tides.
    — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 6 Oct. 2026
  • The idea for her top was loosely based on an old vintage shirt that Satenstein accidentally threw into the dryer and ruined.
    — Irene Kim, Vogue, 6 Oct. 2026
Definition of ruined
Verb
  • The truest sign that Joseph had tripped the Rams up with Hufanga’s blitz came by looking at Rams right guard Kevin Dotson.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
  • Since then, price has completely round-tripped the move, giving back the entire post-earnings gap and settling back into the mid-$250s.
    — Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of tripped
Verb
  • Vaccarello also established Saint Laurent Editions, specializing in books, fanzines and fine art, with a dedicated retail/gallery space dubbed Saint Laurent Babylone on the Left Bank of Paris.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Now a researcher has taken this concept into the third dimension with a 3D shape dubbed the Chair44 monotile.
    — Rachel Crowell, Scientific American, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of dubbed
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“Loused up.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/loused%20up. Accessed 13 Oct. 2026.

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