botch

Plural: botches

Noun

• an embarrassing mistake
• An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly; a ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work.
• A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
• A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
• A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; a conglomeration; hodgepodge.
• One who makes a mess of something.
• A tumour or other malignant swelling.
• A case or outbreak of boils or sores.

Verb

Verb Forms: botched, botching, botches

• To carry out a task badly or carelessly; to bungle.
• make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
• To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something
• To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
• To repair or mend clumsily.

Examples

• A botched haircut seems to take forever to grow out.
• He was careful not to BOTCH his Words With Friends play, knowing it could cost him the game.

Synonyms

ball up, bloomer, blooper, blow, blunder, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, boner, boo-boo, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, foul-up, fuck up, fuckup, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, pratfall, screw up, spoil, MacGyver, blight, botch, bugger up, bungler, cludge, cobble together, crab, dirty, disrupt, disturb, jack up, jury-rig, kludge, kluge, knock together, knock up, make-do, mar, mommick, patch, patch-up, pollute, put a crimp in, queer, ruin, sour, stain, turn upside down, undo, upset, upset the applecart, vitiate

Related Words

bodge, foul up, mess up, screw up

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