Synonyms for garbled
- adjective
Most common
All synonyms
Adjective
1. Disconnected
disconnected, disjointed, confused, incoherent, illogical, scattered, unconnected, disordered
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled
Example sentences
- confused Nationalism is not to be confused with patriotism.
- disconnected I called Tom, but his number's been disconnected.
- incoherent A thousand incoherent ideas swirled around my mind.
- disjointed Tom's speech was convoluted and disjointed and was very hard to follow.
- distorted The senator charged that I had distorted the data.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| garbled | rising | |
| confused | rising | |
| disconnected | rising | |
| incoherent | rising | |
| disjointed | rising | |
| distorted | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- confused2
- 9 letters
- scattered2, distorted3, illogical4
- 10 letters
- incoherent4, disordered3, disjointed3
- 11 letters
- unconnected4
- 12 letters
- disconnected4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (confused2 = 2 syllables).