Synonyms of fluffing

fluffing

verb

present participle of fluff

1

as in fumbling

to make a mistake

unnerved by her earlier missteps, the skater fluffed on the final jump as well

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbling
• stumbling
• tripping
• blundering
• nodding
• flubbing
• boobing
• erring
• slipping up
• dropping the ball
• screwing up
• laying an egg
• mistaking
• goofing (up)
• fouling up
• lousing up
• misunderstanding
• messing (up)
• mangling
• muffing
• bobbling
• botching
• murdering
• bungling
• butchering
• misjudging
• miscalculating
• miscounting
• miscuing
• misconceiving
• mishandling
• misconstruing
• misinterpreting
• foozling
• misdeeming
• misgauging
• misgaging

2

as in blowing

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

I completely fluffed the introduction by calling the boss's wife by the wrong name

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbling
• blowing
• dubbing
• ruining
• murdering
• spoiling
• mangling
• bobbling
• destroying
• booting
• botching
• butchering
• bungling
• muffing
• boggling
• bumbling
• flubbing
• damaging
• screwing up
• marring
• wrecking
• goofing (up)
• fouling up
• messing (up)
• injuring
• muddling
• mucking up
• mutilating
• foozling
• blundering
• buggering (up)
• hurting
• bollixing (up)
• impairing
• lousing up
• harming
• gumming (up)
• blighting
• vitiating
• mismanaging
• piffling
• flawing
• blemishing
• mishandling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• helping
• enhancing
• refining
• reforming
• rectifying
• ameliorating
• remedying
• bettering
• repairing
• fixing
• patching
• reconditioning
• renovating
• revamping
• doctoring
• meliorating