Synonyms of garbles

garbles

verb

present tense third-person singular of garble

1

as in distorts

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately garbled by his opponent

Synonyms & Similar Words

• distorts
• misrepresents
• misinterprets
• obscures
• misstates
• falsifies
• complicates
• confuses
• fudges
• twists
• perverts
• slants
• colors
• warps
• cooks
• mistranslates
• censors
• misspeaks
• misrelates
• bends
• mistakes
• camouflages
• dissembles
• masks
• disguises
• whitewashes
• misdescribes
• belies
• equivocates
• veils
• prevaricates
• mystifies
• lies
• confounds
• bowdlerizes
• glosses (over)
• fibs
• mixes (up)
• palters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explains
• interprets
• illustrates
• clarifies
• spells out
• illuminates
• clears (up)
• deciphers

2

as in filters

to remove usually visible impurities from

garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• filters
• clarifies
• extracts
• refines
• cleans
• fines
• distils
• distills
• processes
• washes
• clears
• purifies
• purges
• rectifies
• sifts
• cleanses
• leaches
• decontaminates
• sanitizes
• screens
• disinfects
• bolts
• sieves
• elutriates

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• dulls
• clouds
• contaminates
• muddies
• soils
• pollutes
• taints
• dirties
• defiles
• sullies
• fouls
• besmirches
• begrimes