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- Dictionarybotch/bäCH/
verb
- 1. carry out (a task) badly or carelessly: "the ability to take on any task without botching it"
noun
- 1. a bungled or badly carried out task or action: "I've probably made a botch of things"
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Botch can be a verb meaning to foul up hopelessly or a noun meaning a mess or an inflammatory sore. Learn more about its synonyms, examples, etymology and related words.
Botch means to spoil by poor work, bungle, or to mend or patch clumsily. It can also mean a swelling on the skin or an eruptive disease. See the origin, usage, and examples of botch.
If you botch something, you make a mess of it or you ruin it. If you totally botch your lines in the school play, you stammer and stutter your way through the whole thing.
Synonyms for BOTCH: jumble, variety, assortment, medley, collage, scramble, shuffle, blend; Antonyms of BOTCH: improve, better, help, enhance, rectify, remedy, refine, ameliorate
BOTCH meaning: 1. to spoil something by doing it badly: 2. something that is spoiled by being done badly: 3. to…. Learn more.
1. to spoil through clumsiness or ineptitude. 2. to repair badly or clumsily. noun. 3. Also called: botch-up.
Aug 31, 2024 · botch (third-person singular simple present botches, present participle botching, simple past and past participle botched) (transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something. Synonyms: ruin, bungle; see also Thesaurus: spoil.
