to bugger

Examples

• All

• Look, I have no doubt she buggered it up.

  School's Out Forever (2021)

• The machines are buggered; the data's all gone.

  Fiction book (2002)

• Trust a woman to do anything, and she buggers it up.

  The Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)

• I think the TV's buggered.

  Doomsday (2008)

• Then we're all buggered.

  Skyfall (2012)

• I don't know if it's the gears or the rear axle, but the bloody thing's buggered either way.

  Ferrari (2023)

• He accidentally buggered the computer, resulting in lost files.

• The storm really buggered our plans for the outdoor wedding.

• She forgot to save her progress and buggered her project before the deadline.

Synonyms

L

to louse

vsto bugger

• Informal

5 8.9

To spoil something by doing it badly

is broader, meaning damage or spoilage often done accidentally

B

to bollix

vsto bugger

• Slang

9.9

To ruin something by doing it badly

is used more generally for accidental or careless damage

B

to bollocks

vsto bugger

• Offensive

9.9

To spoil or ruin something by making a careless mistake

is a general verb that covers accidental or careless damage

B

to booger up

vsto bugger

• Informal

9.9

To ruin something by a careless mistake

is the general term for damaging or ruining, often accidentally

Antonyms

P

to preserve

496 3.4

To keep people and things safe from harm or change

Idioms

B

bugger all

• NSFW

4 9.9

Very little or nothing

Phrasal Verbs

B

to bugger off

• Offensive

12 9.9

Tell someone to go away immediately in a rude way

Compounds

T

that bugger

• Offensive

1 9.9

A person who is annoying or causes trouble

R

rugger bugger

• Slang

9.9

A person who loves playing or watching rugby and goes to many games

How Damaged

to destroy

∞ 1.0

to ruin

∞ 2.0

to bugger

• NSFW

5 9.1

to spoil

80 2.8

scratch

203 1.6

Surface Forms

Etymology