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Synonyms
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Meaning:
botch

an example of pool, careless work

blunder

bungle

to do (a piece of work) badly and clumsily

blunder, mess up

confuse

to make (a person) feel uncertain, puzzled etc

bewilder someone

defile

to make (a region, water; a person's thoughts etc) dirty or impure

corrupt, violate

derange

to make (a person) mad (because of worry, grief etc)

make crazy; confuse

desecrate

to use (a sacred thing or place) in an unworthy or wicked way

abuse, violate

disorganize

to cause (an organized system) to be in disorder

disrupt arrangement; make shambles of

disrupt

to cause (a discussion, speech, flow of something etc) to be stopped or be in a state of disorder

upset, disorganize

err

to make mistakes; do or be wrong

make a mistake; do wrong

mar

to spoil (beauty, a feeling etc); March

hurt, damage

mars

(in Roman myth) the god of war; the planet fourth in order of the sun

hurt, damage

miscalculate

to calculate (amounts etc) wrongly

make a mistake

mishandle

to deal with (a situation, person etc) roughly, inefficiently or without ability

bobble

mismanage

to manage (a business, accounts etc) badly

bungle

mistreat

to behave badly towards (a person); use, handle, (a machine, object) badly

treat badly or wrongly

muff

a covering, open at both ends, used to keep the hands warm

bungle

mutilate

to damage (a person, thing) by breaking, tearing or cutting off a necessary part

maim, damage

rummage

to turn things over, move things about, while looking for something

ransack, search

rumple

to crease (something)

crush, wrinkle

scuff

to mark (shoes etc) by walking without lifting the feet from the ground properly

shuffle

shamble

to walk without lifting the feet properly

shuffle

spoil

to make (something) useless or unsatisfactory; to harm (a child's personality) by too much kindness or lack of discipline

ruin, hurt

tumble

a fall; to fall, especially quickly; to move in a restless or disorderly way

fall or make fall awkwardly

wreathe

to go round and cover (something)

crush, wrinkle

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