All goof-up synonyms

noun goof-up

• offense — a violation or breaking of a social or moral rule; transgression; sin.
• failing — Slang. an embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc., that is subject to ridicule and given an exaggerated importance: Their app update is a massive fail. the condition or quality resulting from having failed in this way: His online post is full of fail. a person who fails in this way.
• negligence — the quality, fact, or result of being negligent; neglect: negligence in discharging one's responsibilities.
• violation — the act of violating.
• fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
• omission — the act of omitting.
• failure — an act or instance of failing or proving unsuccessful; lack of success: His effort ended in failure. The campaign was a failure.
• transgression — an act of transgressing; violation of a law, command, etc.; sin.
• breach — If you breach an agreement, a law, or a promise, you break it.
• crime — A crime is an illegal action or activity for which a person can be punished by law.
• sin — the 12th letter of the Arabic alphabet.
• misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
• mix-up — a confused state of things; muddle; tangle.
• foul-up — a condition of difficulty or disorder brought on by inefficiency, stupidity, etc.
• misstep — a wrong step.
• oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
• whoops — a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
• flub — a blunder.
• muddle — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
• blooper — A blooper is a silly mistake.
• blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
• muff — sheet glass made from a blown cylinder (muff) that is split and flattened.
• miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
• gaffe — a social blunder; faux pas.
• miscue — a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.
• bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
• snafu — a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
• boo-boo — A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
• goof — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
• vice — any of various devices, usually having two jaws that may be brought together or separated by means of a screw, lever, or the like, used to hold an object firmly while work is being done on it.
• trip — a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock.
• trespass — Law. an unlawful act causing injury to the person, property, or rights of another, committed with force or violence, actual or implied. a wrongful entry upon the lands of another. the action to recover damages for such an injury.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• frailty — the quality or state of being frail.
• foible — a minor weakness or failing of character; slight flaw or defect: an all-too-human foible.
• gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
• slip-up — a mistake, blunder, or oversight: Several slip-ups caused a delay in the delivery of the books.
• mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
• confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
• screwup — a mistake or blunder: The package was delayed through an addressing screwup.
• faux pas — a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
• flummox — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
• false move — a movement that may be interpreted as threatening.
• screw-up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
• false step — a stumble.
• misjudgment — An act of misjudging, a mistake in judgment.