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单词 mare's nests
释义

mare's nest

noun

plural mare's nests or mares' nests
1
: a false discovery, illusion, or deliberate hoax
2
: a place, condition, or situation of great disorder or confusion
a mare's nest of intrigue and troubles with the money men William Cole

Synonyms

  • chance-medley
  • chaos
  • confusion
  • disarrangement
  • disarray
  • dishevelment
  • disorder
  • disorderedness
  • disorderliness
  • disorganization
  • free-for-all
  • havoc
  • heck
  • hell
  • jumble
  • mess
  • messiness
  • misorder
  • muddle
  • muss
  • shambles
  • snake pit
  • tumble
  • welter
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Example Sentences

the lack of planning had resulted in the city's evacuation being a mare's nest of epic proportions

Word History

First Known Use

1576, in the meaning defined at sense 1

mare's nests

noun

variants or mares' nests
plural of mare's nest
as in chaoses
a state in which everything is out of order the lack of planning had resulted in the city's evacuation being a mare's nest of epic proportions

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • chaoses
  • disorganizations
  • messes
  • snake pits
  • riots
  • disarrays
  • misorders
  • disorders
  • disarrangements
  • dishevelments
  • chance-medleys
  • misrules
  • havoc
  • hecks
  • welters
  • musses
  • jumbles
  • hells
  • shambles
  • confusions
  • tumbles
  • muddles
  • storms
  • anarchies
  • tangles
  • free-for-alls
  • motleys
  • snarls
  • labyrinths
  • webs
  • litters
  • maelstroms
  • mazes
  • bollixes
  • hodgepodges
  • knots
  • shuffles
  • medleys
  • clutters
  • morasses
  • mishmashes
  • miscellanies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • systems
  • methods
  • plans
  • orders
  • patterns
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