Word Meanings - STUMBLE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step. There stumble steeds strong and down go all. Chaucer. The way of the wicked is as darkness:

Additional info about word: STUMBLE

1. To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step. There stumble steeds strong and down go all. Chaucer. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know at what they stumble. Prov. iv. 19. 2. To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner. He stumbled up the dark avenue. Sir W. Scott. 3. To fall into a crime or an error; to err. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion og stumbling in him. 1 John ii. 10. 4. To strike or happen without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against. Ovid stumbled, by some inadvertency, upon Livia in a bath. Dryden. Forth as she waddled in the brake, A gray goose stumbled on a snake. C. Smart.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of STUMBLE)

• Err
• Deviate
• wander
• mistake
• blunder
• misjudge
• stumble
• stray
• go astray
• misapprehend
• Trip
• Bound
• skip
• taunt
• fail
• offend
• err
• fall

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of STUMBLE)

• Hobble
• limp
• crawl
• creep
• shamble

Related words: (words related to STUMBLE)

• SHAMBLE
  One of a succession of niches or platforms, one above another, to hold ore which is thrown successively from platform to platform, and thus raised to a higher level. 2. pl. (more info) a bench, form, stool, fr. L. scamellum, dim. of scamnum
• OFFENDANT
  An offender. Holland.
• MISJUDGE
  To judge erroneously or unjustly; to err in judgment; to misconstrue.
• BOUNDLESS
  Without bounds or confines; illimitable; vast; unlimited. "The boundless sky." Bryant. "The boundless ocean." Dryden. "Boundless rapacity." "Boundless prospect of gain." Macaulay. Syn. -- Unlimited; unconfined; immeasurable; illimitable; infinite.
• CREEP
  to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. 1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl. Ye that walk The earth, and stately
• OFFENDRESS
  A woman who offends. Shak.
• WANDERMENT
  The act of wandering, or roaming. Bp. Hall.
• CRAWL STROKE
  A racing stroke, in which the swimmer, lying flat on the water with face submerged, takes alternate overhand arm strokes while moving his legs up and down alternately from the knee.
• BLUNDERHEAD
  A stupid, blundering fellow.
• TAUNTER
  One who taunts.
• ASTRAY
  Out of the right, either in a literal or in a figurative sense; wandering; as, to lead one astray. Ye were as sheep going astray. 1 Pet. ii. 25.
• BLUNDERER
  One who is apt to blunder.
• CREEPY
  Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin. One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy. R. Browning.
• CREEPLE
  1. A creeping creature; a reptile. There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age. Morton . 2. One who is lame; a cripple. Thou knowest how lame a creeple
• WANDEROO
  A large monkey native of Malabar. It is black, or nearly so, but has a long white or gray beard encircling the face. Called also maha, silenus, neelbhunder, lion-tailed baboon, and great wanderoo. Note: The name is sometimes applied also to other
• MISTAKEN
  1. Being in error; judging wrongly; having a wrong opinion or a misconception; as, a mistaken man; he is mistaken. 2. Erroneous; wrong; as, a mistaken notion.
• BOUNDING
  Moving with a bound or bounds. The bounding pulse, the languid limb. Montgomery.
• MISTAKER
  One who mistakes. Well meaning ignorance of some mistakers. Bp. Hall.
• HOBBLEBUSH
  A low bush having long, straggling branches and handsome flowers. It is found in the Northern United States. Called also shinhopple.
• CRAWLY
  Creepy.
• HOME-BOUND
  Kept at home.
• OUTBOUND
  Outward bound. Dryden.
• UNBOUND
  imp. & p. p. of Unbind.
• FORWANDER
  To wander away; to go astray; to wander far and to weariness.
• UNBOUNDED
  Having no bound or limit; as, unbounded space; an, unbounded ambition. Addison. -- Un*bound"ed*ly, adv. -- Un*bound"ed*ness, n.
• SURREBOUND
  To give back echoes; to reëcho. Chapman.
• SCRAWLER
  One who scrawls; a hasty, awkward writer.
• REBOUND
  1. To spring back; to start back; to be sent back or reverberated by elastic force on collision with another body; as, a rebounding echo. Bodies which are absolutely hard, or so soft as to be void of elasticity, will not rebound from one another.