"garbled" meaning in English

See garbled in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Forms: more garbled [comparative], most garbled [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} garbled (comparative more garbled, superlative most garbled)
  1. (of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled Synonyms: confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, distorted, illogical, mixed up, scattered, unconnected Derived forms: ungarbled
    Sense id: en-garbled-en-adj-6aEW40G2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 88 12

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} garbled
  1. simple past and past participle of garble Tags: form-of, participle, past Form of: garble
    Sense id: en-garbled-en-verb-Pkf7EPva
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      "form": "more garbled",
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      "form": "most garbled",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "86 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "88 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "ungarbled"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled"
      ],
      "id": "en-garbled-en-adj-6aEW40G2",
      "links": [
        [
          "distorted",
          "distorted"
        ],
        [
          "scrambled",
          "scrambled"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of a message etc"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "confused"
        },
        {
          "word": "disconnected"
        },
        {
          "word": "disjointed"
        },
        {
          "word": "disordered"
        },
        {
          "word": "distorted"
        },
        {
          "word": "illogical"
        },
        {
          "word": "mixed up"
        },
        {
          "word": "scattered"
        },
        {
          "word": "unconnected"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "garbled"
}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "word": "garble"
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          "garble#English"
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    "English lemmas",
    "English non-lemma forms",
    "English verb forms",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "ungarbled"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more garbled",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most garbled",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "lang": "English",
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        "difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled"
      ],
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          "distorted",
          "distorted"
        ],
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          "scrambled",
          "scrambled"
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        "(of a message etc) difficult to understand because it has been distorted; scrambled"
      ],
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        "of a message etc"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "confused"
    },
    {
      "word": "disconnected"
    },
    {
      "word": "disjointed"
    },
    {
      "word": "disordered"
    },
    {
      "word": "distorted"
    },
    {
      "word": "illogical"
    },
    {
      "word": "mixed up"
    },
    {
      "word": "scattered"
    },
    {
      "word": "unconnected"
    }
  ],
  "word": "garbled"
}

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      ],
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