Synonyms of mucked up

mucked up

verb

past tense of muck up

as in fumbled

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

I swear, she mucks up everything she tries

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbled
• screwed up
• blew
• ruined
• fouled up
• murdered
• dubbed
• goofed (up)
• buggered (up)
• messed (up)
• destroyed
• booted
• mangled
• spoiled
• botched
• bungled
• butchered
• loused up
• boggled
• foozled
• bollixed (up)
• muffed
• fluffed
• damaged
• bobbled
• flubbed
• marred
• gummed (up)
• bumbled
• injured
• wrecked
• impaired
• hurt
• flawed
• muddled
• blundered
• mutilated
• piffled
• harmed
• blighted
• blemished
• vitiated
• mismanaged
• mishandled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improved
• enhanced
• refined
• helped
• remedied
• reformed
• rectified
• ameliorated
• bettered
• meliorated
• fixed
• repaired
• renovated
• patched
• reconditioned
• revamped
• doctored

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mucked up

An exciting World Cup run mucked up by a president for whom muck might as well be a currency. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 July 2026

Even in the harshest descriptions of the violence and almost unbelievably cruel twists of fate that Yarris endured (the DNA testing keeps getting accidentally mucked up), Brody lends him a vital indomitable spark. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 16 Apr. 2026

Toronto is a good defensive team but doesn’t shoot the 3-ball well and has a half-court offense that can get mucked up and relies heavily on midrange jumpers. — James L. Edwards Iii, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2026

Well, the first and third mucked up their stories with some overly contrived lore about cults and gods, and the fourth was an experiment for the formula that didn’t quite work. — Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 23 Jan. 2026

Lawmakers need to get back to Washington to end the government shutdown - a shutdown that has mucked up travel plans around the country by contributing to widespread flight delays. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 11 Nov. 2025