Synonyms of botches

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noun

plural of botch

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

• jumbles
• varieties
• assortments
• medleys
• collages
• scrambles
• shuffles
• blends
• clutters
• muddles
• litters
• grab bags
• mishmashes
• tumbles
• hodgepodges
• mélanges
• montages
• olios
• jungles
• mixed bags
• ragbags
• crazy quilts
• hotchpotches
• rummages
• tangles
• alphabet soups
• pastiches
• motleys
• patchwork quilts
• ragouts
• amalgams
• gallimaufries
• agglomerations
• patchworks
• hashes
• salads
• stews
• ollas podridas
• gumbos
• farragoes
• jambalayas
• combinations
• agglomerates
• smorgasbords
• miscellanea
• welters
• menageries
• macédoines
• potpourris
• olla podridas
• omnium-gatherums
• miscellanies
• messes
• salmagundis
• accumulations
• notions
• aggregates
• aggregations
• odds and ends
• fusions
• conglomerations
• sundries
• mix-ups
• detritus
• compounds
• snarls
• conglomerates
• imbroglios
• composites
• shambles
• admixtures
• chaoses
• disarrangements
• disarrays
• disorders
• commixtures
• catchalls
• bollixes
• oddments
• intermixtures
• alloys
• confusions
• morasses
• dog's breakfasts
• knots

botches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of botch

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
• blows
• bungles
• dubs
• murders
• mangles
• flubs
• destroys
• boots
• ruins
• boggles
• fluffs
• spoils
• bumbles
• bobbles
• fouls up
• butchers
• screws up
• muffs
• injures
• goofs (up)
• mars
• damages
• mucks up
• flaws
• messes (up)
• blunders
• impairs
• muddles
• wrecks
• buggers (up)
• foozles
• louses up
• mutilates
• bollixes (up)
• hurts
• blights
• harms
• vitiates
• mismanages
• mishandles
• gums (up)
• blemishes
• piffles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improves
• enhances
• helps
• reforms
• refines
• rectifies
• ameliorates
• remedies
• repairs
• betters
• fixes
• doctors
• revamps
• renovates
• meliorates
• reconditions
• patches