What is another word for shambles?
Pronunciation:
[ ʃˈambə͡lz], [ ʃˈambəlz], [ ʃ_ˈa_m_b_əl_z]
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Similar words for shambles:
- bedlam (noun)
- butchery (noun)
- carnage (noun)
- confusion (noun)
- crowded, wild, and chaotic place (noun)
- disarrangement (noun)
- disarray (noun)
- disorder (noun)
- hash (noun)
- havoc (noun)
- hulk (noun)
- mess (noun)
- muddle (noun)
- muss (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- rout (noun)
- shambles (noun)
- slaughterhouse (noun)
- wreckage (noun)
- zoo (noun)
- shamble (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Shambles:
n.
• bedlam (noun)- din,
- racket,
- clamor,
- hubbub,
- tumult,
- furor,
- turmoil,
- uproar,
- disquietude,
- pandemonium,
- disquiet,
- commotion.
- blood bath,
- killing,
- rapine,
- search and destroy,
- warfare,
- blood,
- holocaust,
- butchering,
- crime,
- slaughter,
- mass murder,
- wasting,
- bloodshed,
- homicide,
- taking out,
- gore,
- offing,
- liquidation,
- manslaughter,
- annihilation,
- murder,
- extermination,
- slayings,
- hecatomb,
- blitz,
- blood and guts,
- slaying.
- consternation,
- astonishment,
- daze,
- riot,
- complexity,
- surprise,
- complication,
- intricacy,
- difficulty,
- haze,
- row,
- distraction,
- fog,
- mistake,
- bustle,
- untidiness,
- mystification,
- dislocation,
- perturbation,
- discomposure,
- stir,
- imbroglio,
- wilderness,
- trouble,
- ado,
- ferment,
- abashment,
- fracas,
- upheaval.
- zoo.
- dis arrangements,
- dis-orderednesses,
- dis arrangement,
- dis-arrangements,
- dis-orderedness,
- dis orderedness,
- dis-arrangement,
- dis orderednesses.
- disorderliness,
- huddle,
- derangement,
- misrule,
- muss,
- topsyturviness,
- rat's nest,
- irregularity,
- discombobulation.
- desolation,
- damage,
- ruination,
- cataclysm,
- vandalism,
- disruption,
- plunder,
- Despoiling,
- calamity,
- wreck,
- devastation,
- havoc,
- destruction,
- catastrophe,
- loss,
- rack and ruin,
- ravages,
- dilapidation,
- mayhem,
- wreckage,
- waste.
- foulups,
- mess and halves,
- mess a half,
- foul-ups,
- screw ups,
- screw-ups,
- mess a halves,
- mess and a halves,
- foul ups,
- mess and half,
- mess halves.
- slaughterhouse,
- carnage,
- confusion,
- unholy mess,
- stupefaction,
- mess,
- indiscipline,
- mess and a half,
- emotional upset,
- screw-up,
- muddle,
- labyrinth,
- Ataxias,
- hash,
- mix-up,
- noise,
- rout,
- foulup,
- bedlam,
- waxings,
- messes,
- mess-up,
- dishevelment,
- shipwrecks,
- mess half,
- ataxia,
- topsy-turviness,
- shambles,
- shipwreck,
- mess-ups,
- shutouts,
- foul-up,
- mixup,
- screwup,
- up set,
- holy mess,
- hotchpotch,
- disarray,
- hulk,
- disorder,
- shutout.
v.
• shamble (verb)Other synonyms:
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- fright.
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- tangle.
- disintegration,
- Aceldama,
- stumbles,
- lumbers,
- mixes,
- coursing,
- consumption,
- ruin,
- decimation,
- dances,
- correct,
- combat area,
- front,
- depredation,
- sty,
- chance-medley,
- shufflings,
- debris,
- scuffs,
- fisherman,
- sporting,
- tussles,
- landing beach,
- chaos,
- hole,
- Augean Stables,
- field,
- hunting,
- disaster,
- massacre,
- hunter,
- theater of operations,
- Gallimaufry,
- mixture,
- totters,
- huntsman,
- halts,
- field of battle,
- sense of shame,
- line,
- theater of war,
- free-for-all,
- makes,
- mull,
- scuffles,
- despoliation,
- battle line,
- limps,
- stockyard,
- heck,
- maze,
- ravage,
- remains,
- sportsman,
- Botchery,
- Misorder,
- Hell,
- hobbles,
- Venery,
- theater,
- cavorts,
- despoilment,
- dissolution,
- hugger mugger,
- gas chamber,
- blue ruin,
- shamble,
- farrago,
- firing line,
- fishing,
- combat zone,
- meat packing plant,
- battleground,
- Occision,
- waddles,
- shooting,
- Pot-pourri,
- toddles,
- botch,
- mixing up,
- lingers,
- disorderedness,
- wrack,
- Pig-sticking,
- drags,
- sport,
- enemy line,
- welter,
- shuffles,
- disorganization,
- ruffles,
- dump,
- breakup,
- undoing,
- jumble,
- concentration camp,
- damnation,
- battle site,
- abattoir,
- line of battle,
- tumble,
- front line,
- messiness,
- disorderly house,
- bloodbath,
- Slaughtering,
- hellhole,
- seat of war,
- battlefield,
- spoliation,
- perdition,
- chase.
How to use "Shambles" in context?
The term "shambles" is often used to describe a situation in which something is completely disorderly and rickety. This word can be used to describe just about any type of situation, and it is often used to describe something that is completely incompetent or chaotic. The Oxford English Dictionary gives the definition of the word as follows:
1. a state of disorder or ruin;
2. a disorderly or awkward collection of things.
Typically, when someone uses the term "shambles" to describe a situation, they are likely referring to something that is extremely disorderly and chaotic.
Paraphrases for Shambles:
Paraphrases are highlighted according to their relevancy:
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Independent
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Noun, plural
Slaughterhouses, wrecks, ravages.
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Noun, singular or mass
havoc.
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Noun, plural
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Other Related
Homophones for Shambles:
- snowplough, semipublic, symbolic, symploce, symplocus, sunblock, simplex, someplace, symplocaceae, skin flick, symbolize, snowflake, shambolic, Symbology, symbolise.
Hyponym for Shambles:
n.
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state
disorder, disorderliness.
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state
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