garbled
adjective
[ ˈɡɑːb(ə)ld ]
• (of a message, sound, or transmission) confused and distorted; unclear.
• "I got a garbled set of directions"
garble
verb
• reproduce (a message, sound, or transmission) in a confused and distorted way.
• "the connection was awful and kept garbling his voice"
Similar:
mix up,
muddle,
jumble,
confuse,
blur,
slur,
obscure,
distort,
twist,
twist around,
warp,
misstate,
misquote,
misreport,
misrepresent,
mistranslate,
misinterpret,
misconstrue,
tamper with,
tinker with,
change,
alter,
doctor,
falsify,
pervert,
corrupt,
adulterate,
misarticulate,
misrender,
Origin:
late Middle English (in the sense ‘sift out, cleanse’): from Anglo-Latin and Italian garbellare, from Arabic ġarbala ‘sift’, perhaps from late Latin cribellare ‘to sieve’, from Latin cribrum ‘sieve’.
