Fumbling Synonyms

To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. stumbling
  2. staggering
  3. shuffling
  4. muddling
  5. limping
  6. fudging
  7. floundering
  8. bungling
  9. bumbling
  10. blundering
Feel about uncertainly or blindly
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. groping
  2. poking
  3. feeling
To make a mess of; bungle.
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. botching
Showing lack of skill or aptitude
(Adjective)
Synonyms:
  1. bungling
  2. clumsy
  3. incompetent

Words Related to Fumbling

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Fumbling Sentence Examples

  • She was fumbling with the iPad nervously.

  • After a fair amount of fumbling with the lock I was in.

  • I was fumbling with the window when I heard heavy footsteps move close to my door.

  • Her heart fluttered at his words, and she grew excited about him wanting the type of relationship like she'd drawn, until she saw him fumbling with the page as if to pull it free.

  • The colonel of the Polish uhlans, a handsome old man, flushed and, fumbling in his speech from excitement, asked the aide-de-camp whether he would be permitted to swim the river with his uhlans instead of seeking a ford.

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