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shambles
noun plural
Synonyms and Antonyms of SHAMBLES
1
a dirty or messy place <this room is a shambles—clean it up right now!>
2
a state in which everything is out of order <the earthquake left the whole town in a shambles>
Synonyms chance-medley, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
Related Words anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riot; knot, snarl, tangle; labyrinth, maze, web; maelstrom, storm; bollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shuffle; hodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley
Antonyms order, orderliness
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