LOUSING UP Synonyms: 81 Similar and Opposite Words

lousing up

verb

present participle of louse up

as in fumbling

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

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as in screwing up

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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The fight sequences have an engaging messiness, the characters often fumbling around rather than delivering expert moves.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Clinicians should be working to support us, not fumbling incompetently or making paternalistic determinations.

— Meg LeDuc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of fumbling

Verb

One of my favorite projects involved walking across the largest city in the Lower 48, only with the general framework of a plan, stumbling upon all kinds of interesting people, places and history.

— Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 20 Sep. 2026
Ian informs the sisters that Kylie isn’t merely stumbling into arcane rituals; someone is drawing her to the dark side.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of stumbling

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Winds blowing east to west along the equator push water in the Pacific Ocean west toward Asia, Jacox said.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
Andersen sees energy storage, which would allow for continual energy supply even when the wind isn’t blowing, as the wind sector’s next big opportunity.

— Sam Birchall, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of blowing

Verb

Arsenal are firmly in title-chasing mode and goal difference could still prove crucial, despite Manchester City slipping up against Everton on Monday.

— Abdul Rehman, New York Times, 7 May 2026
But knowing Olson’s proclivity for slipping up in hysterical fashion made the match that much more appealing.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 7 May 2026

Definition of slipping up

Verb

Every Electric’s team responded by continually updating the battery firmware to reduce the risk of tripping local circuit breakers.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Allen is also remembered for tripping opponents three times in a calendar year, all of them caught on tape.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of tripping

Verb

But life has a way of mucking up even the best plans, sometimes all at once and sometimes bit by bit and usually a little of both.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Amid the memory shortage that's mucking up component prices globally, at least Qualcomm has some promising news for folks hoping to pay less for a daily driver.

— Florence Ion, PC Magazine, 7 May 2026

Definition of mucking up

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