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blunder

noun

1 blunder

An embarrassing mistake.

synonyms: bloomer, blooper, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall.

Roget 495: error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension, misstanding, misunderstanding; inexactness etc. adj.; laxity; misconstruction etc. (misinterpretation) 523; ... show more

Roget 497: absurdity, absurdness etc. adj.; imbecility etc. 499; alogy, nonsense, utter nonsense; paradox, inconsistency; stultiloquy, ... show more

Roget 699: unskillfulness etc. adj.; want of skill etc. 698; incompetence, incompentency; inability, infelicity, indexterity, inexperience; disqualification, unproficiency; ... show more

Roget 732: failure; nonsuccess, nonfulfillment; dead failure, successlessness; abortion, miscarriage; brutum fulmen etc. 158 [Lat.]; labor in vain etc. (inutility) 645; ... show more

Dutch: blunder, domheid, dommigheid, enormiteit, ezelachtigheid, flater, misgreep, miskleun, misser, misslag ... show more

verb

1 blunder

Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake:
— I blundered during the job interview.

synonyms: boob, drop the ball, goof, sin.

Roget 495: be erroneous etc. adj.. cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray, lead into error; beguile, misinform etc. (misteach) 538; delude; ... show more

Roget 732: fail; be unsuccessful etc. adj.; not succeed etc. 731; make vain efforts etc. n.; do in vain, labor in vain, toil in vain; flunk [U.S.]; ... show more

Dutch: blunderen, een steek laten vallen, miskleunen, vergalopperen

2 blunder

Make one's way clumsily or blindly.

synonym: fumble.

Roget 699: be unskillful etc. adj.; not see an inch beyond one's nose; blunder, bungle, boggle, fumble, botch, bitch, flounder, stumble, trip; hobble ... show more

3 blunder

Utter impulsively:
— He blundered his stupid ideas.

synonyms: blunder out, blurt, blurt out, ejaculate.

Dutch: er uit flappen, uitflappen


Moby thesaurus: absurdity, act of folly, bad job, be all thumbs, bevue, blooper, blow, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bollix, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, botch, bull, bumble ... show more.

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