Flub and Meliorate

Flub

Flub verb - To make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way.
Usage example: added too much flour and flubbed the gravy

Meliorate is an antonym for flub.

Meliorate

Meliorate verb - To make better.

Flub is an antonym for meliorate.
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Meliorate and Flub. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/flub/meliorate
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