Synonyms of screwing up

screwing up

verb

present participle of screw up

1

as in fumbling

to make a mistake

we all screw up from time to time, so don't sweat it

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

2

as in blowing

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

you've totally screwed up the spreadsheet

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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