garble
Jumble a message
To garble is to distort or scramble something—typically speech, a message, or information—so that it becomes unclear or misleading.
A bad phone connection garbles voices.
Rumors get garbled as they pass from person to person.
The witness garbled the details of what happened.
A garbled message retains fragments of the original but loses coherent meaning.
Mixed into disorder
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
- muddledIn a confused state
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
- mixed-upDisordered or bewildered
confused · incoherent · unintelligible · incomprehensible · tangled · disarray · hodgepodge · chaotic
Without motion or change
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- crackleSharp snapping sounds
- hissSharp sibilant sound
distortion · muffled · indistinct · inaudible · fuzzy · choppy · glitchy · feedback
Made impure or dishonest
- encryptedTransformed into cipher
- encodedConverted to cipher
- scrambledMixed into disorder
- compressedReduced by pressure
lossy · artifacts · pixelated · glitch · bitrot · malformed · truncated · decryption
Grasp incorrectly
- misinterpretUnderstand something incorrectly
- misconstrueUnderstand incorrectly
- misquoteInaccurate citation
- misreportRelay information inaccurately
misstate · misrepresent · mistranslate · mishear · misread · paraphrase · hearsay · secondhand
Indistinctly articulated
- mumbledSpoke indistinctly
- inarticulateUnable to express clearly
- stammeredSpoke with involuntary repetitions
- stutteredSpoke with involuntary repetitions
babbled · gibberish · nonsense · gobbledygook · tongue-tied · rambling · incoherent · unclear
scrambled
Mixed into disorder
- jumbledDisordered, lacking arrangement
- muddledIn a confused state
- mangledSeverely disfigured or ruined
mixed-up · confused · incoherent · unintelligible · incomprehensible · tangled · disarray · hodgepodge · chaotic · shuffled
static
Without motion or change
- interferenceUnwelcome involvement in affairs
- noiseUnwanted auditory disturbance
- crackleSharp snapping sounds
hiss · distortion · muffled · indistinct · inaudible · fuzzy · choppy · glitchy · feedback · dropout
corrupted
Made impure or dishonest
compressed · lossy · artifacts · pixelated · glitch · bitrot · malformed · truncated · decryption · cipher
misunderstand
Grasp incorrectly
- misinterpretUnderstand something incorrectly
- misconstrueUnderstand incorrectly
- misquoteInaccurate citation
misreport · misstate · misrepresent · mistranslate · mishear · misread · paraphrase · hearsay · secondhand · corrupted
slurred
Indistinctly articulated
- mumbledSpoke indistinctly
- inarticulateUnable to express clearly
- stammeredSpoke with involuntary repetitions
stuttered · babbled · gibberish · nonsense · gobbledygook · tongue-tied · rambling · incoherent · unclear · indistinct
- mix-upsmix-up, mistake, error, confusion, mix
- speech errorsslip of the tongue, mispronunciation, malapropism, malapropisms, spoonerism
- gibberishgibberish, nonsense, babble, babbling, drivel
- miscommunicationmix-up, mixed signals, confusion, mixed messages, crossed wires
- Misrepresentationmisrepresent, distort, falsify, misquote, misstate
- misunderstandingmisunderstand, misinterpret, miscommunication, misconception, misconstrue
garbleclarify
Make something understandable
elucidate · explain · illuminate · articulate · enunciate
- garbled messageCommunication rendered incomprehensible
- garbled audioDistorted, incomprehensible sound
- message garbled