Found 3 items, similar to blunder.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: blunder
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: blunder
blunder
n : an embarrassing mistake [syn:
blooper,
bloomer,
bungle,
foul-up,
fuckup,
flub,
botch,
boner,
boo-boo]
blunder
v 1: commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake;
“I
blundered during the job interview” [syn:
sin,
boob,
goof]
2: make one's way clumsily or blindly;
“He fumbled towards the
door” [syn:
fumble]
3: utter impulsively;
“He blurted out the secret”;
“He
blundered his stupid ideas” [syn:
blurt out,
blurt,
blunder out
,
ejaculate]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Blunder
Blunder
\Blun"der\, v. t.
1. To cause to blunder. [Obs.]
“To blunder an adversary.”
--Ditton.
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2. To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.
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He blunders and confounds all these together.
--Stillingfleet.
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Blunder
\Blun"der\, n.
1. Confusion; disturbance. [Obs.]
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2. A gross error or mistake, resulting from carelessness,
stupidity, or culpable ignorance.
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Syn:
Blunder,
Error,
Mistake,
Bull.
Usage: An error is a departure or deviation from that which
is right or correct; as, an error of the press; an
error of judgment. A mistake is the interchange or
taking of one thing for another, through haste,
inadvertence, etc.; as, a careless mistake. A blunder
is a mistake or error of a gross kind. It supposes a
person to flounder on in his course, from
carelessness, ignorance, or stupidity. A bull is a
verbal blunder containing a laughable incongruity of
ideas.
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Blunder
\Blun"der\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Blundered; p. pr. &
vb. n.
Blundering.] [OE. blunderen, blondren, to stir,
confuse, blunder; perh. allied to blend to mix, to confound
by mixture.]
1. To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in
writing or preparing a medical prescription. --Swift.
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2. To move in an awkward, clumsy manner; to flounder and
stumble.
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I was never distinguished for address, and have
often even blundered in making my bow. --Goldsmith.
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Yet knows not how to find the uncertain place,
And blunders on, and staggers every pace. --Dryden.
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To blunder on.
(a) To continue blundering.
(b) To find or reach as if by an accident involving more
or less stupidity, -- applied to something desirable;
as, to blunder on a useful discovery.
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