GARBLE Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

garble

verb

ˈgär-bəl

Definition of garble

as in to distort

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of the candidate complained that his views had been deliberately garbled by his opponent

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as in to filter

to remove usually visible impurities from garbled spices are less likely to contaminate a recipe

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Recent Examples of garble SecNav’s just a big fan, and that message got garbled in a chain-of-command game of telephone. — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 11 Feb. 2025 Data-poisoning tools like Nightshade, which can garble some AI outputs, may be a more effective solution for concerned artists. — Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 8 Oct. 2024 The idea may be, to garble Anna Karenina in a botlike way, that all plagiarisms are alike — but that obfuscates the idiosyncrasies of art and, indeed, of technology. — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 30 Sep. 2024 Packets can be lost or delayed, for example, when a network is busy, creating unintentional silences that can garble speech or cause callers to talk over one another. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 Sep. 2014 See All Example Sentences for garble

Recent Examples of Synonyms for garble

Verb

Because of its large field of view, the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will help researchers better understand dark matter by capturing how the phenomenon's gravity bends light and distorts a galaxy's shape.

— Matthew Glasser, ABC News, 29 Aug. 2026
Yiannopoulos resigned from Breitbart amid the backlash and offered a rare apology but said the media distorted his comments.

— Eduardo Cuevas, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of distort

Verb

The instruments can move with greater flexibility than the human hand, while the system filters out natural hand tremors that could affect delicate movements.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
The set list spans her 14-year career, with even the most pop-forward selections filtered through thunderous percussion and earsplitting guitars.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of filter

Verb

Meta this week agreed to pay almost $17 billion in a landmark settlement with a coalition of state AGs that had sued the company for misrepresenting the extent of child mental health damage caused by Facebook and Instagram.

— Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 30 Aug. 2026
Bonta, in a statement, accused Paramount of leaking and misrepresenting information the two sides had discussed during a preliminary session Friday.

— Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of misrepresent

Verb

In a statement, an Axel Springer spokesperson clarified that The Circuit was technically incorporated in the US, with staff located around the world.

— Max Tani, semafor.com, 31 Aug. 2026
Pabst also originally posted that a truck was stolen, though company officials later clarified no vehicle went missing.

— Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of clarify

Verb

Early in this year’s war, the United States and Israel considered launching ground operations to extract nuclear material but never initiated them, judging them to be highly risky and unlikely to affect the regime’s decision-making.

— Nate Swanson, Foreign Affairs, 25 Aug. 2026
With the clock racing down to find Joe before she's extracted out of the country to her death, the team launches an assault against an airport hangar.

— David Hookstead OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of extract

Verb

In July, he was sentenced to 20 months in prison and two years of supervised release and fined $3,000.

— Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
In 2014, the late Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay was suspended for six games and fined $500,000 after pleading guilty to driving while impaired.

— Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of fine

Verb

After dipping its toes into beauty, Old Navy has refined its strategy and is gearing up for a nationwide rollout.

— Kathryn Hopkins, Footwear News, 26 Aug. 2026
Working with Tielemans may also see Baleba further refine his long-passing skills, giving another important tool to a United side most dangerous on the counter-attack.

— Carl Anka, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of refine

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