Synonyms for boo-boo
- abuse
- bruise
- burn
- cramp
- cut
- damage
- fracture
- laceration
- loss
- scar
- shock
- sore
- sprain
- suffering
- swelling
- trauma
- wound
- abrasion
- affliction
- affront
- agony
- bad
- bite
- blemish
- chop
- deformation
- detriment
- discomfiture
- disservice
- distress
- evil
- gash
- grievance
- hemorrhage
- ill
- impairment
- indignity
- injustice
- insult
- lesion
- libel
- mischief
- misery
- mutilation
- nick
- outrage
- pang
- ruin
- scratch
- slander
- stab
- sting
- twinge
- wrong
- ouch
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Antonyms for boo-boo
- help
- praise
- advantage
- benefit
- blessing
- cheer
- comfort
- compliment
- delight
- flattery
- goodness
- happiness
- health
- joy
- kindness
- morality
- pleasure
- profit
- virtue
- aid
- assistance
- favor
- good
- right
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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR BOO-BOO
"There's nothin' to boo-boo for," he said, with a half-affected brusqueness.
"'Boo-boo' was the exception that proves the rule," answered Jack hotly.
WORD ORIGIN
"mistake," 1954, apparently a reduplication of boob, which had acquired a secondary sense of "foolish mistake" (1934).
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR BOO-BOO
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nounblunderblunder
nounmistakebruise
nounblack and blue mark under skinerr
verbmake a mistake; do wrongerred
verbmake a mistake; do wrongRoget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
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