Synonyms and Antonyms of lousing up
1
to make a mistake
- everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up
blundering, boobing [British], erring, flubbing, fluffing, fouling up, fumbling, goofing (up), messing (up), screwing up, slipping up, stumbling, tripping
nodding
bobbling, botching, bungling, butchering, foozling, mangling, mishandling, muffing, murdering
miscalculating, misconceiving, miscounting, miscuing, misdeeming, misgauging (also misgaging), misjudging, mistaking
misconstruing, misinterpreting, misunderstanding
2
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
blowing, bobbling, boggling, bollixing (up), booting, botching, buggering (up), bumbling, bungling, butchering, dubbing, flubbing, fluffing, foozling, fouling up, fumbling, goofing (up), mangling, messing (up), mucking up, muffing, murdering, screwing up
blundering, gumming (up), muddling, piffling
blemishing, blighting, damaging, flawing, harming, hurting, impairing, injuring, marring, mutilating, ruining, spoiling, vitiating
destroying, wrecking
mishandling, mismanaging
ameliorating, bettering, enhancing, helping, improving, meliorating, rectifying, refining, reforming, remedying
doctoring, fixing, patching, reconditioning, renovating, repairing, revamping
