Synonyms of louses up

louses up

verb

present tense third-person singular of louse up

1

as in stumbles

to make a mistake

everything is riding on this project, so we can't afford to louse up

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• fumbles
• trips
• goofs (up)
• slips up
• lays an egg
• drops the ball
• blunders
• screws up
• messes (up)
• errs
• fouls up
• mistakes
• fluffs
• nods
• flubs
• misunderstands
• boobs
• botches
• misconstrues
• misdeems
• misconceives
• misjudges
• murders
• muffs
• bungles
• butchers
• misinterprets
• foozles
• miscalculates
• misgauges
• mangles
• bobbles
• mishandles
• miscounts
• miscues

2

as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

I loused up the wallpapering job in the bedroom—the seams show too much

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• blows
• goofs (up)
• mucks up
• ruins
• boots
• messes (up)
• screws up
• destroys
• murders
• botches
• spoils
• boggles
• dubs
• bollixes (up)
• fouls up
• buggers (up)
• fluffs
• flubs
• muffs
• bungles
• butchers
• foozles
• damages
• bumbles
• bobbles
• mangles
• piffles
• flaws
• injures
• hurts
• mars
• wrecks
• blunders
• impairs
• muddles
• harms
• vitiates
• gums (up)
• mutilates
• blights
• mismanages
• blemishes
• mishandles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improves
• helps
• enhances
• reforms
• remedies
• refines
• ameliorates
• betters
• rectifies
• meliorates
• repairs
• doctors
• fixes
• reconditions
• patches
• renovates
• revamps