bumbling
Meaning of bumbling
adjective
- acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent.
he's a bumbling fool
- move or act in an awkward or confused manner.
they bumbled around the house
- speak in a confused or indistinct way.
the succeeding speakers bumbled
late Middle English (in the sense ‘hum, drone’): from boom1 + -le4.
Information about bumbling
- The plural form of bumbling is: bumblings.
- Languages in which bumbling is used:
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Hyphenation of bumbling
bum-bling
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- bumbling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
bumbling synonyms
Meaning bungling:
bungling, butterfingered, handless
Meaning make a stupid or careless mistake; act or speak clumsily:
Meaning make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger:
Meaning trip repeatedly as one walks:
Meaning move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side:
Meaning move in a slow, heavy, awkward way:
Meaning (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait:
Meaning walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground:
Meaning walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall:
Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way:
Meaning move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth:
Meaning wind something on to a reel by turning the reel:
Meaning form (fabric or a fabric item) by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them:
Meaning set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch:
Meaning bring into a disordered or confusing state:
Meaning struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water:
Meaning lose strength or momentum:
Meaning move clumsily or with great effort:
Meaning making or characterized by stupid or careless mistakes; clumsy:
Meaning done in an unskilful or inept way:
Meaning not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully:
Meaning having or showing no skill; clumsy:
Meaning not having or showing skill:
Meaning having or showing a lack of skill or knowledge:
Meaning awkward in movement or in handling things:
Meaning inefficient or inept; clumsy:
Meaning unsophisticated and socially awkward:
Meaning causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with:
Meaning not achieving maximum productivity; wasting or failing to make the best use of time or resources:
Meaning not arranged in order; untidy:
Meaning rough or clumsy and unintelligent:
Meaning foolish, awkward, or clumsy:
Meaning tripping or losing balance while walking; moving with difficulty:
Meaning moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way:
Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:
Meaning not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome:
Meaning in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined:
Meaning (of a task) carried out badly or carelessly:
Meaning walk for pleasure in the countryside:
Meaning talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way:
Meaning make a continuous murmuring noise:
Meaning talk nonsense:
Meaning speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock:
Meaning talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense:
Meaning say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear:
Meaning say something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation:
bumbling antonyms
Meaning (of a system or machine) achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense:
Meaning a person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area:
Translation of bumbling
- French: gauche
- German: unbeholfen, ungeschickt
- Spanish: torpe, incapaz
- Italian: goffo, impacciato, maldestro
Words that rhyme with bumbling
Ling, Coaling, Ealing, annealing, antiwhaling, appealing, autodialing, avaling, backpedaling, baling, bealing, berascaling, canaling, capitaling, charcoaling, coaling, concealing, congealing, countersealing, craaling, credentialing, crystaling, dealing, descaling, dialing, downscaling, embaling, empaling, ensealing, equaling, exhaling, fealing, foaling, forepaling, gealing, gimbaling, goaling, haling, healing, impaling, inhaling, initialing, instealing, interdealing, intervaling, journaling, keelhaling, kraaling, lateraling, localing
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