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Antonyms for botch
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : boch |
Phonetic Transcription : bɒtʃ |
Definition of botch
Origin :- late 14c., bocchen "to repair," later, "to spoil by unskillful work" (1520s); of unknown origin. Related: Botched; botching. As a noun from c.1600.
- verb blunder
- Both of them have made a botch of their errand,” said he, “and are causing the bride to wait in vain!
- Extract from : « The Chinese Fairy Book » by Various
- They've been running it for thousands of years—and look at the botch they've made of it!
- Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
- Mr. Primefit, the Eton Stultz, is changed into Botch, the cobbler.
- Extract from : « The English Spy » by Bernard Blackmantle
- Work that is not finished, is not work at all; it is merely a botch.
- Extract from : « How to Succeed » by Orison Swett Marden
- Are you not afraid that you might make a botch out of the whole job?
- Extract from : « Mother Earth, Vol. 1 No. 4, June 1906 » by Various
- They should be smitten with the botch of Egypt, and a sore botch in the legs that cannot be healed.
- Extract from : « More Trivia » by Logan Pearsall Smith
- You will have to give me instructions, and though I may botch the business, I'll save the meat.
- Extract from : « A Mating in the Wilds » by Ottwell Binns
- I could see patches of light sky through it, it was such a botch.
- Extract from : « Wild Life Near Home » by Dallas Lore Sharp
- And this indefinite "some one" will, needless to say, make a botch of it.
- Extract from : « Instigations » by Ezra Pound
- If you are a priest, then be a priest, but don't try to make a botch of my work.
- Extract from : « Historical Miniatures » by August Strindberg
Synonyms for botch
- blow
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix
- boot
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- distort
- err
- fall down
- flounder
- flub
- fumble
- goof up
- gum up
- louse up
- mar
- mend
- mess
- mess up
- misapply
- miscalculate
- miscompute
- misconjecture
- misconstrue
- mishandle
- misjudge
- mismanage
- muck up
- muddle
- muff
- mutilate
- patch
- pull a boner
- ruin
- screw up
- spoil
- stumble
- wreck
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