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Synonyms for fuck-up

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

mess up screw the pooch bungle botch destroy crack up

All synonyms

Verb

1. Bungle — to make a mistake, to go wrong

bungle, mess up, botch, flub US AU NZ, blow, screw the pooch, botch up informal, ball up, muck up informal, foul up, fluff, louse up informal, fumble, drop the ball, spoil, bobble, bumble, muff, mishandle, bodge, bollix, bolix US, bollocks vulgar UK IE

Other

crack up, destroy, mar, dick up vulgar slang

Noun

screw-up, cock-up

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To make a mistake, to go wrong.

    You really fucked up this time.

Related words

Other spellings
fuck up

Forms

Plural
fuck-ups → screw-ups, cock-ups…

Example sentences

  • bungle The company will never recover after that last bungle.
  • botch Tom and Mary hope that they don't botch the job.
  • destroy Do you really think it will destroy my reputation?

By length

3 letters
mar1
4 letters
blow1, muff1, flub
5 letters
spoil1, fluff1, botch1, bodge, bolix
6 letters
fumble2, bumble2, bobble2, bungle2, bollix
7 letters
destroy2
8 letters
bollocks2
9 letters
mishandle3

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