Garbled
Distorted, scrambled, or unclear; not intelligible due to errors, interference, or misquotation.
adjectiveGarbled
Distorted, scrambled, or unclear; not intelligible due to errors, interference, or misquotation.
adjectiveImagine This
Imagine a crucial instructions manual turned into a garbled mess after a bad paste job: words are out of order, letters are scrambled, and the meaning is almost lost.
Sounds Like
GAR-buhld
Looks Like
Looks like the verb 'garble' with the past participle suffix -ed, signaling an adjective form.
Remember This
Garbled commonly describes text, speech, or data that has been distorted. In computing or communications, garbling often results from encoding errors or transmission interference.
Other Forms
Connect With
distort, misquote, scramble, muddle, confuse
Note
Use garbled to describe something that has been distorted or misrepresented. Do not use with people; instead say someone 'misunderstood' or a message was 'misquoted' if appropriate.