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garbled

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • CMU ARPABET: G AA1 R B AH0 L D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of garble

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective satellite

Meaning 3

lacking orderly continuity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a confused set of instructions
  • a confused dream about the end of the world
  • disconnected fragments of a story
  • scattered thoughts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, illogical, scattered, unconnected

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

4 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: zkomolený — (of a message) scrambled, corrupted
  • Czech: překroucený — (of a message) scrambled, corrupted
  • Czech: pomotaný — (of a message) scrambled, corrupted
  • Czech: popletený — (of a message) scrambled, corrupted