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garbled

garbled adjective: difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled. Also the simple past and past participle of garble.

Adjective

garbled (comparative more garbled, superlative most garbled)

  1. difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled

Also used as

garbled is also the simple past and past participle of garble.

Synonyms of garbled

All synonyms of garbled

Forms of garbled

comparativemore garbled
superlativemost garbled

Words formed from garbled

Questions about garbled

What does garbled mean?
Garbled means difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled.
What part of speech is garbled?
Garbled is an adjective.

Words near garbled in the dictionary

  1. garbidging
  2. garbill
  3. garbing
  4. garble
  5. garbleable
  6. garbled
  7. garbledness
  8. garblement
  9. garblements
  10. garbler
  11. garblers

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