Synonyms of botch

45 similar words

Another word for botch is ruin. Other synonyms of botch are bungle, blight, bumble, bugger up and contaminate.

Synonyms and similar words for botch

ruinTo upset or overturn the plans or progress of, or to have a disastrous effect on something.
bungleTo incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
blightTo impede the development or growth of (an aspect of life); to damage, to ruin, to spoil.
bumbleTo carry out (a task) clumsily, incompetently, or with many careless mistakes; to bungle, to botch.
bugger up vulgar
contaminateTo make unfit for use by the introduction of unwholesome or undesirable elements.
corruptTo waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.
crab slang
depraveTo make bad or worse; to vitiate; to corrupt.
disrupt
disturb
foilTo blunt; to dull; to spoil.
fuck up vulgarTo botch or make a mess of.
jack up vulgar
marTo spoil; to ruin; to scathe; to damage.
mess upTo botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.
mishandle
mommick US, dialectalTo mess up; to bungle or ruin by bungling.
polluteTo make something or somewhere less suitable for some activity, especially by the introduction of some unnatural factor.
put a crimp in
screw up vulgar
soilTo make invalid, to ruin.
sour
spoil
stain
undo literary
upset
turn upside down
upset the applecartTo disorganize or spoil something, especially an established arrangement or plan.
vitiateTo spoil, make faulty; to reduce the value, quality, or effectiveness of something.
ball up dated, slangTo ruin or botch.
queer dated, slang

bodge
cludgeA toilet.
cobble togetherTo put together (something) without adequate preparation or equipment; to improvise (something) minimally usable.
jury-rig
kludgeTo build or use a kludge.
kluge
knock together
knock up
MacGyverTo assemble or repair something by ingenious improvisation, using everyday items that would not usually be used for the...
make-do
patch
patch-up

verb To perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.
verb To do (something) without care or skill, or clumsily.
verb To mend or repair (something) clumsily.

What is another word for botch?: Botch has 45 synonyms on Word.ws, such as ruin, bungle, blight, bumble, bugger up, contaminate, corrupt and crab.
What does botch mean?: Botch means to perform (a task) in an incompetent or unacceptable manner; to make a mess of something.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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