garbled[adjective]Synonyms: jumbled, confused, distorted, double-Dutch, incomprehensible, mixed up, unintelligible
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gar‧bled /ˈɡɑːb
əld $ ˈɡɑːr-/
adjective[
Date: 1400-1500;
Origin: garble 'to remove impure parts by putting through a container with small holes' (15-19 centuries), from Old Italian garbellare, from Arabic gharbala, from ghirbal 'sieve']
a garbled statement or report is very unclear and confusing
Synonym : confused:
The papers had some garbled version of the story. a garbled phone message—garble verb [transitive]—garble noun [uncountable] [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲