Antonyms for boo-boo
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : boo-boo |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈbuˌbu |
- accuracy
- achievement
- advantage
- aid
- assist
- assistance
- behave
- behavior
- benefit
- blessing
- calculation
- care
- certainty
- cheer
- comfort
- compliment
- correct
- correction
- correctness
- cure
- delight
- ease
- fact
- favor
- fix
- flattery
- gain
- good
- good fortune
- goodness
- happiness
- healing
- health
- help
- honesty
- joy
- kindness
- luck
- miracle
- morality
- obedience
- obey
- perfection
- pleasure
- praise
- profit
- proof
- prosperity
- reality
- relief
- remedy
- remembrance
- respect
- restitution
- right
- soundness
- stay
- strength
- success
- surety
- truth
- understand
- understanding
- validity
- virtue
- win
Definition of boo-boo
Origin :- "mistake," 1954, apparently a reduplication of boob, which had acquired a secondary sense of "foolish mistake" (1934).
- As in injury : noun hurt, harm
- As in mistake : noun error, misunderstanding
- As in slipup : noun error
- As in blooper : noun blunder
- As in blunder : noun mistake
- As in boner : noun a mistake
- As in boo boo : noun small hurt
- As in boo boo : noun small mistake
- As in bruise : noun black and blue mark under skin
- As in error : noun mistake; wrong
- As in faux pas : noun social error
- As in gaffe : noun mistake, goof
- As in hurt : noun injury; damage
- As in err : verb make a mistake; do wrong
- "There's nothin' to boo-boo for," he said, with a half-affected brusqueness.
- Extract from : « A Waif of the Plains » by Bret Harte
- "'Boo-boo' was the exception that proves the rule," answered Jack hotly.
- Extract from : « What Timmy Did » by Marie Adelaide Belloc Lowndes
Synonyms for boo-boo
- aberration
- abrasion
- absurdity
- abuse
- ache
- affliction
- affront
- agony
- bad
- bad job
- be in error
- be inaccurate
- be incorrect
- be mistaken
- bite
- black and blue
- black and blue mark
- black eye
- black mark
- blemish
- blooper
- blow
- blunder
- blunder in etiquette
- bollix
- bonehead play
- boner
- boo-boo
- botch
- breach
- break
- bruise
- bungle
- burn
- chop
- colossal blunder
- confusion
- contusion
- cramp
- cut
- damage
- deformation
- delinquency
- delusion
- detriment
- deviate
- deviation
- disadvantage
- disaster
- discoloration
- discomfiture
- discomfort
- disservice
- distress
- down
- drop the ball
- dumb move
- dumb thing to do
- erratum
- error
- evil
- failure
- fall
- fallacy
- false move
- false step
- falsehood
- falsity
- fault
- faux pas
- flaw
- flop
- flub
- flub-up
- fluff
- flummox
- foul up
- foul-up
- foulup
- fracture
- gaffe
- gash
- gaucherie
- glitch
- go astray
- go wrong
- goof
- goof-up
- grievance
- harm
- hash
- hemorrhage
- howler
- ill
- ill-treatment
- illusion
- impairment
- impropriety
- inaccuracy
- inadvertence
- indecorum
- indignity
- indiscretion
- injury
- injustice
- insult
- laceration
- lapse
- lesion
- libel
- loss
- louse up
- make a mess of
- mark
- mess
- mess up
- mess-up
- misapplication
- misapprehend
- misapprehension
- misbehave
- misbelief
- miscalculate
- miscalculation
- mischief
- misconception
- misconduct
- miscue
- misdeed
- misery
- misfortune
- misinterpretation
- misjudge
- misjudgment
- mismanagement
- misprint
- miss
- misstatement
- misstep
- mistake
- misunderstanding
- mouse
- muddle
- muff
- mutilation
- neglect
- nick
- offend
- offense
- omission
- ouch
- outrage
- overestimation
- oversight
- pain
- pang
- persecution
- prejudice
- putting foot in mouth
- ruin
- scar
- scratch
- screamer
- screw up
- screw-up
- screwup
- shock
- sin
- slander
- slight
- slip
- slip of tongue
- slip up
- slip-up
- slipup
- snafu
- snarl up
- social blunder
- solecism
- sore
- soreness
- sprain
- stab
- sting
- stray
- stumble
- suffering
- swelling
- transgress
- transgression
- trauma
- trespass
- trip
- twinge
- typographical error
- underestimation
- untruth
- wale
- wander
- whoops
- wound
- wrong
- wrongdoing
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