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Synonyms for bollix

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

ball up blow mess up foul up

All synonyms

Verb

ball up, mess up, blow, foul up, fumble, fluff, spoil, muck up informal, bumble, muff, bobble, louse up informal, bungle, botch, flub US AU NZ, botch up informal, mishandle, bodge, blunder, bollocks vulgar UK IE, bollocks up vulgar slang UK AU NZ

Noun

fuck-up, screw-up

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To confuse.

  2. n. 1

    Confusion.

Related words

Phrases
bollix up
Other spellings
bolix US

Forms

Plural
bollixes → fuck-ups, screw-ups…
Past participle
bollixed
e.g. bollixed → blown, fumbled, fluffed, spoilt…

Example sentences

  • blow The loss of her husband was a great blow for Mary.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
bollixsteady
blowrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters
blow1, muff1, flub
5 letters
spoil1, fluff1, botch1, bodge
6 letters
fumble2, bumble2, bobble2, bungle2
7 letters
blunder2
8 letters
bollocks2
9 letters
mishandle3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (fumble2 = 2 syllables).