shamblesnoun [ S ]
uk/ˈʃæm.bəlz/us/ˈʃæm.bəlz/informala state of confusion, bad organization, or untidiness, or something that is in this state:
After the party, the house was a total/complete shambles.
Our economy is in a shambles.
The way these files are arranged is the biggest shambles I've ever seen.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Dirt & untidiness
- a dog's breakfast idiom
- bloodstain
- blot
- clutter
- contaminant
- contaminate
- filthiness
- fleck
- grime
- gunge
- gunk
- muck
- pollutant
- slovenly
- slut
- smear
- smudge
- speck
- speckle
- stain
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