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Blunder

Blunder Meaning & Definition
Blunder Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Blunder?

[n] an embarrassing mistake
[v] make an error
[v] commit a faux pas or fault

Synonyms | Synonyms for Blunder: bloomer | blooper | boner | boob | boo-boo | botch | bungle | flub | foul-up | fuckup | goof | sin | slip up | stumble | trip up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Blunder: absurdity | act of folly | bad job | be all thumbs | bevue | blooper | blow | blunder away | blunder into | blunder on | blunder upon | bobble | boggle | bollix | bonehead play | boner | boo-boo | botch | bull | bumble | bungle | butcher | careen | career | clumsy performance | commit a gaffe | dumb trick | err | error | etourderie | falter | faux pas | flounce | flounder | flub | fluff | folly | foozle | fumble | gaffe | gaucherie | goof | goof up | gum up | hash | howler | imprudence | indiscretion | labor | lapse | louse up | lumber | lurch | make a blunder | make a misstep | mar | mess | miscue | miss | miss the mark | misspeak | mistake | muddle | muff | murder | off day | pitch | pitch and plunge | play havoc with | plunge | reel | rock | roll | sad work | screw up | screw-up | seethe | slip | slip up | snapper | solecism | sottise | spoil | stagger | struggle | stumble | stupid thing | stupidity | sway | swing | thrash about | toss | toss and tumble | toss and turn | totter | trip | tumble | unwise step | wallop | wallow | welter

See Also | breach | break | bull | clanger | err | error | fault | faux pas | fluff | fumble | gaffe | gaucherie | go against | howler | infract | misstep | mistake | mistake | muff | offend | slip | slip | snafu | solecism | spectacle | stumble | transgress | trip | violate

Blunder In Webster's Dictionary

\Blun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Blundered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Blundering}.] [OE. blunderen, blondren, to stir, confuse, blunder; perh. allied to blend to mix, to confound by mixture.] 1. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription. --Swift. 2. To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and stumble. I was never distinguished for address, and have often even blundered in making my bow. --Goldsmith. Yet knows not how to find the uncertain place, And blunders on, and staggers every pace. --Dryden. {To blunder on}. (a) To continue blundering. (b) To find or reach as if by an accident involving more or less stupidity, -- applied to something desirable; as, to blunder on a useful discovery.
\Blun"der\, v. t. 1. To cause to blunder. [Obs.] ``To blunder an adversary.'' --Ditton. 2. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse. He blunders and confounds all these together. --Stillingfleet.
\Blun"der\, n. 1. Confusion; disturbance. [Obs.] 2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness, stupidity, or culpable ignorance. Syn: {Blunder}, {Error}, {Mistake}, {Bull}. Usage: An error is a departure or deviation from that which is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an error of judgment. A mistake is the interchange or taking of one thing for another, through haste, inadvertence, etc.; as, a careless mistake. A blunder is a mistake or error of a gross kind. It supposes a person to flounder on in his course, from carelessness, ignorance, or stupidity. A bull is a verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of ideas.

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