muck up
verb
mucked up; mucking up; mucks up
transitive verb
: to make a mess of : bungle, spoil
Synonyms
- blow
- bobble
- boggle
- bollix (up)
- boot
- botch
- bugger (up)
- bumble
- bungle
- butcher
- dub
- flub
- fluff
- foozle
- foul up
- fumble
- goof (up)
- louse up
- mangle
- mess (up)
- muff
- murder
- screw up
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Example Sentences
I swear, she mucks up everything she tries.
Word History
First Known Use
1896, in the meaning defined above
muck up
verb
as in to fumble
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way I swear, she mucks up everything she tries Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- fumble
- screw up
- foul up
- blow
- louse up
- ruin
- murder
- boot
- dub
- botch
- goof (up)
- bungle
- fluff
- muff
- spoil
- butcher
- mar
- destroy
- boggle
- damage
- flub
- mangle
- mess (up)
- bollix (up)
- bumble
- bobble
- foozle
- muddle
- bugger (up)
- wreck
- blunder
- flaw
- hurt
- harm
- injure
- blight
- impair
- gum (up)
- piffle
- blemish
- mutilate
- vitiate
- mismanage
- mishandle
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- improve
- better
- help
- enhance
- reform
- remedy
- refine
- ameliorate
- rectify
- patch
- repair
- fix
- revamp
- meliorate
- renovate
- recondition
- doctor