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Definitions for Garbled
[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] jumbled or unclear because of distortion or omissions
[7] to jumble (a story, quotation, etc), esp unintentionally
[8] to distort the meaning of (an account, text, etc), as by making misleading omissions; corrupt
[9] rare to select the best part of
[10] the act of garbling garbled matter
Words related to Garbled
garblemisinterpret, misquote, mislead, pervert, doctor, color, misstate, confuse, slant, warp, twist, belie, distort, corrupt, jumble, obscure, mutilate, falsify
Words nearby Garbled
garblegarbage collection, garbage in, garbage out, garbage truck, garbageman, garbanzo, garble, garbled, garbo, garbo, greta, garboard, garboard strake
Origin of Garbled
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 Garbled
gar·ble·a·ble , adjective
gar·bler , noun
un·gar·bled , adjective
Word origin for Garbled
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 Garbled
misinterpret, misquote, belie, color, confuse, corrupt, distort, doctor, falsify, jumble, mislead, misstate, mutilate, obscure, pervert, slant, twist, warp, tamper with