bumbling

Meaning of bumbling

adjective
  1. acting in a confused or ineffectual way; incompetent.
    he's a bumbling fool
verb, gerund or present participle
  1. move or act in an awkward or confused manner.
    they bumbled around the house
  2. 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.
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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:

blunder

Meaning make an abrupt, unsteady, uncontrolled movement or series of movements; stagger:

lurch

Meaning trip repeatedly as one walks:

stumble

Meaning move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side:

wobble

Meaning move in a slow, heavy, awkward way:

lumber

Meaning (of a person) move with a slow, shuffling, awkward gait:

shamble

Meaning walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground:

shuffle

Meaning walk or move unsteadily, as if about to fall:

stagger

Meaning move in a feeble or unsteady way:

totter

Meaning move or balance unsteadily; sway back and forth:

teeter

Meaning wind something on to a reel by turning the reel:

reel

Meaning form (fabric or a fabric item) by interlacing long threads passing in one direction with others at a right angle to them:

weave

Meaning set (one's voice or a piece of music) at a particular pitch:

pitch

Meaning bring into a disordered or confusing state:

muddle

Meaning struggle or stagger clumsily in mud or water:

flounder

Meaning lose strength or momentum:

falter

Meaning move clumsily or with great effort:

sprauchle

Meaning making or characterized by stupid or careless mistakes; clumsy:

blundering

Meaning done in an unskilful or inept way:

amateurish

Meaning not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully:

incompetent

Meaning having or showing no skill; clumsy:

inept

Meaning not having or showing skill:

unskilful

Meaning having or showing a lack of skill or knowledge:

inexpert

Meaning awkward in movement or in handling things:

clumsy

Meaning inefficient or inept; clumsy:

maladroit

Meaning unsophisticated and socially awkward:

gauche

Meaning causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with:

awkward

Meaning not achieving maximum productivity; wasting or failing to make the best use of time or resources:

inefficient

Meaning not arranged in order; untidy:

muddled

Meaning rough or clumsy and unintelligent:

oafish

Meaning foolish, awkward, or clumsy:

clodhopping

Meaning tripping or losing balance while walking; moving with difficulty:

stumbling

Meaning moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way:

lumbering

Meaning lacking good sense or judgement; unwise:

foolish

Meaning not fulfilling or not expected to achieve the intended purpose or desired outcome:

useless

Meaning in a natural or raw state; not yet processed or refined:

crude

Meaning (of a task) carried out badly or carelessly:

botched

Meaning walk for pleasure in the countryside:

ramble

Meaning talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way:

babble

Meaning make a continuous murmuring noise:

burble

Meaning talk nonsense:

drivel

Meaning speak rapidly and unintelligibly, typically through fear or shock:

gibber

Meaning talk in a long-winded way without making very much sense:

blather

Meaning say something indistinctly and quietly, making it difficult for others to hear:

mumble

Meaning say something in a low or barely audible voice, especially in dissatisfaction or irritation:

mutter

bumbling antonyms

Meaning (of a system or machine) achieving maximum productivity with minimum wasted effort or expense:

efficient

Meaning a person who is very knowledgeable about or skilful in a particular area:

expert

Translation of bumbling

Words that rhyme with bumbling

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