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Synonyms for blunder

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : bluhn-der
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblʌn dər

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Définition of blunder

Origin :
  • mid-14c., "to stumble about blindly," from a Scandinavian source akin to Old Norse blundra "shut one's eyes," from PIE root *bhlendh- (see blind). Meaning "make a stupid mistake" is first recorded 1711. Related: Blundered; blundering.
  • noun mistake
  • verb make mistake
Example sentences :
  • I had made a blunder in thinking eighty miles only eighty miles under any circumstances.
  • Extract from : « The Roof of France » by Matilda Betham-Edwards
  • We fear, also, that an English mayor has been known to blunder.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • At which he sneered, and said that was a bull and a blunder, but no wonder, as I was an Irishman.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 4 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I am sorry that Congress was taken in, and committed such a blunder.
  • Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
  • Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of Grief the blunder of a life.
  • Extract from : « Vivian Grey » by Earl of Beaconsfield, Benjamin Disraeli
  • But he of The Blunder and Bluster was a much higher style of man.
  • Extract from : « The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 2, May, 1851 » by Various
  • By the silent embarrassment which ensued she guessed her blunder.
  • Extract from : « His Masterpiece » by Emile Zola
  • But she was the first to see that she had "put her foot in it" and laugh at her own blunder.
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • In every instance the blunder has not been committed by Columbus, but by his critics.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various
  • His discovery was a blunder; his blunder was a new world; the New World is his monument.
  • Extract from : « Christopher Columbus and His Monument Columbia » by Various

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