Nouns (7)
slip, trip, stumble, misstep
n. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
stumble, lurch, stagger
n. an unsteady uneven gait
Verbs (9)
trip, stumble
v. miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
blunder, stumble, trip up, slip up
v. make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
stumble, falter, bumble
v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
Adverbs (6)
across, crosswise
adv. "The marble slabs were cut across"
across, to the opposite side
adv. "The football field was 300 feet across"
over, across
adv. "She cannot get her ideas across"
Adjectives (2)
crossed, across
adj. placed crosswise; "spoken with a straight face but crossed fingers"; "crossed forks"; "seated with arms across"
Fuzzynyms (76)
hobble, limp
v. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"
lurch, stagger, careen, reel, keel, swag
v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
stagger, flounder
v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
fall, come down, go down, descend
v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"
tumble, topple
v. cause to topple or tumble by pushing
falter, stammer, stutter
v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
sputter, splutter, utter with spitting sounds
v. utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage
skip, hop, hop-skip
v. jump lightly
dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance
v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"
fail, miscarry, go wrong
v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
falter, stammer, stutter
v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
flounder, flounder around
v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"
misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire
v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"
decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse
v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"
drop, degenerate, deteriorate
v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"
waver, falter
v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
waste, waste away, diminish
v. become diminished
taper
v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"
shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up
v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"
decline, wane, go down, grow smaller
v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"
degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart
v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"
fade, languish
v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"
misconduct, mismanage, mishandle
v. manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"
block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on
v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"
decline, go down
v. go down; "The roof declines here"
Synonyms (7)
slip, mistake, err, be incorrect, be in the wrong, commit an error, make a mistake
v. to make a mistake or be incorrect
Antonyms (7)
stride, step fast
v. walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"
march, stride
v. walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride; "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border"
stride, step fast
v. walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"
uncrossed
adj. not crossed; "sitting primly with uncrossed legs"
stumble across
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