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Definition/Meaning

(verb)

to do something in a clumsy or stupid way;

e.g. If I'm late for work, I'll muff my chances of being promoted.

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Similar Words

Blow

Bobble

Boggle

Boot

Botch

Bumble

Bungle

Butcher

Dub

Flub

Fluff

Foozle

Foul-up

Fumble

Mangle

Miscount

Miscue

Murder

Piffle

Screwup

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Opposite Words

Address

Ameliorate

Better

Contrive

Doctor

Engineer

Enhance

Field

Finagle

Finesse

Fix

Frame

Hack

Handle

Help

Improve

Jockey

Machinate

Manage

Maneuver

Manipulate

Manipulative

Mastermind

Micromanage

Negotiate

Patch

Play

Recondition

Rectify

Refine

Reform

Remedy

Renovate

Repair

Revamp

Swing

Take

Treat

Wangle

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Related Words

Blemish

Blight

Blunder

Boob

Damage

Destroy

Err

Familiarity

Flaw

Flub

Fluff

Foul-up

Fumble

Gaff

Gaffe

Harm

Hurt

Impair

Impropriety

Indiscretion

Injure

Mar

Mishandle

Mismanage

Misstep

Mistake

Muddle

Mutilate

Piffle

Ruin

Screwup

Slip

Slipup

Solecism

Spoil

Stumble

Trip

Vitiate

Wreck

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