Synonyms of lousing up

lousing up

verb

present participle of louse up

1

as in slipping up

to make a mistake

everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in fumbling

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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