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Definitions for Garble

[1] to confuse unintentionally or ignorantly; jumble: to garble instructions.
[2] to make unfair or misleading selections from or arrangement of (fact, statements, writings, etc.); distort: to garble a quotation.
[3] Archaic . to take out the best of.
[4] the act or process of garbling.
[5] an instance of garbling; a garbled phrase, literary passage, etc.
[6] to jumble (a story, quotation, etc), esp unintentionally
[7] to distort the meaning of (an account, text, etc), as by making misleading omissions; corrupt
[8] rare to select the best part of
[9] the act of garbling garbled matter

Words related to Garble

misinterpret, misquote, mislead, pervert, doctor, color, misstate, confuse, slant, warp, twist, belie, distort, corrupt, jumble, obscure, mutilate, falsify

Words nearby Garble

garbage collection, garbage in, garbage out, garbage truck, garbageman, garbanzo, garble, garbled, garbo, garbo, greta, garboard, garboard strake

Origin of Garble

1400–50; late Middle English garbelen to remove refuse from spices < Old Italian garbellare to sift < Arabic gharbala < Late Latin crībellāre, derivative of crībellum, diminutive of Latin crībrum sieve (see -elle); probably influenced by garboil

Other words from Garble

gar·ble·a·ble , adjective
gar·bler , noun
un·gar·bled , adjective

Word origin for Garble

C15: from Old Italian garbellare to strain, sift, from Arabic gharbala, from ghirbāl sieve, from Late Latin crībellum small sieve, from crībrum sieve

Synonyms for Garble

misinterpret, misquote, belie, color, confuse, corrupt, distort, doctor, falsify, jumble, mislead, misstate, mutilate, obscure, pervert, slant, twist, warp, tamper with