MISHANDLE Synonyms

• an embarrassing mistake

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• an embarrassing mistake

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• spoil by behaving clumsily or foolishly

• an embarrassing mistake

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• (sports) dropping the ball

• feel about uncertainly or blindly

• make one's way clumsily or blindly

• handle clumsily

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder

• an embarrassing mistake

• commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

• make one's way clumsily or blindly

• utter impulsively

• clothes dryer for drying and ironing laundry by passing it between two heavy heated rollers

• press with a mangle

• injure badly by beating

• alter so as to make unrecognizable

• damage or injure severely

• corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

• put a wrong address on

• judge incorrectly

• the momentary juggling of a batted or thrown baseball

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly

• speak haltingly

• any light downy material

• something of little value or significance

• a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines)

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• erect or fluff up

• ruffle (one's hair) by combing the ends towards the scalp, for a full effect

• the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it

• be in charge of, act on, or dispose of

• interact in a certain way

• act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression

• touch, lift, or hold with the hands

• handle effectively

• show and train

• in an incorrect manner

• in an incorrect manner

• bad or dishonest management by persons supposed to act on another's behalf

• activity that transgresses moral or civil law

• behave badly

• manage badly or incompetently

• improper or excessive use

• apply to a wrong thing or person; apply badly or incorrectly

• change the inherent purpose or function of something

• (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct

• with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly')

• with rough motion as over a rough surface

• (usually plural) valuables taken by violence (especially in war)

• the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it

• the act of stripping and taking by force

• make a mess of, destroy or ruin

• become unfit for consumption or use

• alter from the original

• treat with excessive indulgence

• hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of

• have a strong desire or urge to do something

• destroy and strip of its possession

• make imperfect