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Synonyms for foul up

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

ball up mess up fumble fluff

All synonyms

Verb

1. Mess up

mess up, muck up informal, ball up, blow, fumble, fluff, spoil, boo-boo informal, muddy, muff, bobble, louse up informal, flub US AU NZ, bollix, bolix US, blunder, bumble, bungle, botch up informal, botch, mishandle, bodge, goof up slang

Other

go up

Noun

screw-up, fuck-up, cock-up, boner, blooper, pratfall, bloomer, fuckup vulgar

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To make a mistake, to go wrong.

    You really fouled up this time.

  2. n. 1

    A disastrous mistake.

Related words

Other spellings
foul-up

Example sentences

  • fumble Don't fumble with anything during an interview.
  • fluff Let's see if I can't fluff up your pillow.

By length

4 letters
blow1, muff1, flub
5 letters
spoil1, muddy2, fluff1, boner2, botch1, bodge, bolix
6 letters
fumble2, bumble2, bobble2, bungle2, fuckup, bollix
7 letters
blunder2, bloomer2, blooper2
8 letters
pratfall2
9 letters
mishandle3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (muddy2 = 2 syllables).