blunder
an embarrassing mistake (Freq. 2)
• Syn:
blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up,
fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
• Derivationally related forms:
botchy (for: botch), botch (for: botch), flub (for: flub), fuck up (for: fuckup), foul up (for: foul-up), bungle (for: bungle)
• Hypernyms:
mistake, error, fault
• Hyponyms:
bobble, snafu, spectacle, bull, fumble,
muff, fluff, faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip,
slip, howler, clanger, trip, trip-up,
stumble, misstep
1. commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake (Freq. 1)
- I blundered during the job interview
• Syn:
drop the ball, sin, boob, goof
• Derivationally related forms:
goof (for: goof), boob (for: boob), blunderer
• Hypernyms:
transgress, offend, infract, violate, go against,
breach, break
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- Somebody ----s something
2. make one's way clumsily or blindly
- He fumbled towards the door
• Syn:
fumble
• Hypernyms:
pass, go through, go across
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
3. utter impulsively
- He blurted out the secret
- He blundered his stupid ideas
• Syn:
blurt out, blurt, blunder out, ejaculate
• Derivationally related forms:
ejaculation (for: ejaculate), ejaculator (for: ejaculate)
• Hypernyms:
talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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