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Definition of Blunder
1. Noun. An embarrassing mistake.
Generic synonyms: Error, Fault, Mistake
Specialized synonyms: Bobble, Snafu, Spectacle, Bull, Fumble, Muff, Fluff, Faux Pas, Gaffe, Gaucherie, Slip, Solecism, Howler, Clanger, Misstep, Stumble, Trip, Trip-up
Derivative terms: Botch, Botchy, Bungle, Bungle, Flub, Foul Up, Fuck Up
2. Verb. Commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake. "I blundered during the job interview"
Generic synonyms: Breach, Break, Go Against, Infract, Offend, Transgress, Violate
Derivative terms: Blunderer, Boob, Goof, Goof
3. Verb. Make one's way clumsily or blindly. "He fumbled towards the door"
4. Verb. Utter impulsively. "They blunder that there was a traffic accident "; "He blundered his stupid ideas"
Generic synonyms: Mouth, Speak, Talk, Utter, Verbalise, Verbalize
Derivative terms: Ejaculation, Ejaculator
Definition of Blunder
1. v. i. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.
2. v. t. To cause to blunder.
3. n. Confusion; disturbance.
Definition of Blunder
1. Noun. A clumsy or embarrassing mistake. ¹
2. Verb. To make a stupid mistake. ¹
3. Verb. To move blindly or clumsily. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Blunder
1. to make a mistake [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blunder
Literary usage of Blunder
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Review of Reviews and World's Work by Albert Shaw (1904)
"Baltic Fleet's has come to involving all Europe was blunder. ... illustrated in
the latter part of October by the blunder of the Russian Baltic i fleet in ..."
2. A Bibliographical and Critical Account of the Rarest Books in the English by J(ohn) Payne Collier (1866)
"Ritson makes a strange blunder (Bibl Poet. 108,) when he splits this single ...
2826) took his word for it, but he made the blunder more obvious by placing ..."
3. Homerica, Emendations and Elucidations of the Odyssey by Thomas Leyden Agar (1908)
"It is a mere blunder. Let us restore the older form of the 3rd sing, subj., and
give bwk to Homer the long-lost but true reading ..."
4. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"In fact, he merely draws the distinction between the materials and their treatment
by the writer I The blunder was pointed out long ago in the ..."
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