botch
1 of 3noun (1)
ˈbäch 
: an inflammatory sore
botch
2 of 3verb
botched; botching; botches
transitive verb
1
: to foul up hopelessly —often used with up
2
: to put together in a makeshift way
botcher noun
botch
3 of 3noun (2)
1
: something that is botched : mess
2
: patchwork, hodgepodge
botchy
ˈbä-chē
adjective 
Synonyms
Verb
- blow
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix (up)
- boot
- bugger (up)
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- dub
- flub
- fluff
- foozle
- foul up
- fumble
- goof (up)
- louse up
- mangle
- mess (up)
- muck up
- muff
- murder
- screw up
Noun (2)
- agglomerate
- agglomeration
- alphabet soup
- assortment
- clutter
- collage
- crazy quilt
- farrago
- gallimaufry
- grab bag
- gumbo
- hash
- hodgepodge
- hotchpotch
- jambalaya
- jumble
- jungle
- litter
- macédoine
- medley
- mélange
- menagerie
- miscellanea
- miscellany
- mishmash
- mixed bag
- montage
- motley
- muddle
- olio
- olla podrida
- omnium-gatherum
- pastiche
- patchwork
- patchwork quilt
- potpourri
- ragbag
- ragout
- rummage
- salad
- salmagundi
- scramble
- shuffle
- smorgasbord
- stew
- tumble
- variety
- welter
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Example Sentences
Verb The store botched the order—I received only half the books I paid for. They clearly botched the investigation.
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English boche, from Anglo-French, from Vulgar Latin *bottia boss
Verb
Middle English bocchen
First Known Use
Noun (1)
14th century, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1530, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Noun (2)
1648, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Phrases Containing botch
Kids Definition
botch 1 of 2
verb
ˈbäch
botched; botching
: to do clumsily and unskillfully : bungle
botch a job
botch
2 of 2noun
: a badly done job
He made a botch of it.
Medical Definition
botch
noun
ˈbäch
: an inflammatory sore
botches 1 of 2
noun
as in jumbles
an unorganized collection or mixture of various things this police procedural is basically a botch of plot elements stolen from other (and better) novels Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- jumbles
- varieties
- assortments
- medleys
- collages
- scrambles
- shuffles
- blends
- clutters
- muddles
- litters
- tumbles
- grab bags
- mélanges
- hodgepodges
- rummages
- olios
- montages
- motleys
- mixed bags
- ragbags
- crazy quilts
- jungles
- tangles
- pastiches
- patchwork quilts
- ragouts
- mishmashes
- amalgams
- hashes
- agglomerations
- patchworks
- salads
- stews
- combinations
- jambalayas
- gumbos
- farragoes
- miscellanea
- welters
- smorgasbords
- agglomerates
- hotchpotches
- alphabet soups
- macédoines
- menageries
- gallimaufries
- miscellanies
- potpourris
- messes
- ollas podridas
- salmagundis
- accumulations
- olla podridas
- aggregates
- notions
- aggregations
- omnium-gatherums
- fusions
- sundries
- conglomerations
- compounds
- snarls
- detritus
- imbroglios
- conglomerates
- composites
- shambles
- admixtures
- chaoses
- disarrays
- disarrangements
- disorders
- mix-ups
- commixtures
- catchalls
- oddments
- alloys
- odds and ends
- intermixtures
- confusions
- bollixes
- morasses
- dog's breakfasts
- knots
botches
2 of 2verb
as in fumbles
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely Synonyms & Similar Words
- fumbles
- bungles
- blows
- mangles
- flubs
- dubs
- murders
- ruins
- boots
- destroys
- fluffs
- boggles
- bumbles
- spoils
- bobbles
- butchers
- muffs
- fouls up
- damages
- mars
- screws up
- blunders
- injures
- mucks up
- foozles
- wrecks
- flaws
- muddles
- impairs
- louses up
- mutilates
- buggers (up)
- bollixes (up)
- goofs (up)
- blights
- hurts
- harms
- mismanages
- vitiates
- blemishes
- messes (up)
- piffles
- mishandles
- gums (up)
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- improves
- enhances
- refines
- rectifies
- helps
- reforms
- ameliorates
- repairs
- remedies
- betters
- fixes
- revamps
- renovates
- doctors
- reconditions
- meliorates
- patches