Shambles - English meaning

adjective

Causing difficulty; hard to do or deal with.

Usage examples:

Some awkward questions

adjective

Difficult to use, do, or deal with

Usage examples:

It's an awkward corner, so take it slowly., some of the questions were rather awkward., it was an a…

adjective

Causing problems, worry, or embarrassment

Usage examples:

Awkward position the government finds itself in a very awkward position., awkward situation he put …

noun

Complete disorder and confusion.

Usage examples:

Snow caused chaos in the region

noun

A state of disorder and confusion

Usage examples:

Repairs to the major highway this summer will bring chaos to commuters., the house is a little chao…

noun

A state of total confusion with no order

Usage examples:

Snow and ice have caused chaos on the roads., ever since our secretary walked out, the office has b…

adjective

Awkward in movement or in handling things.

Usage examples:

The cold made his fingers clumsy

adjective

Awkward in movement or manner

Usage examples:

I’m so clumsy – i keep dropping things., he subsequently wrote a letter to the magazine in an admit…

adjective

A clumsy person often has accidents because they do not behave in a careful, controlled way

Usage examples:

That's the third glass you've smashed this week - you're so clumsy!

noun

Uncertainty about what is happening, intended, or required.

Usage examples:

There seems to be some confusion about which system does what

noun

A lack of understanding, or a state of disorder

Usage examples:

[ c ] she writes about the confusions of her life., [ u ] in the confusion, i lost my wallet.

noun

A situation in which people do not understand what is happening, what they should do or who someone or something is

Usage examples:

There seems to be some confusion over who is actually giving the talk., to avoid confusion, the twi…

noun

A state of disorganization or untidiness.

Usage examples:

Her grey hair was in disarray

verb

Throw into a state of disorganization or untidiness.

Usage examples:

The inspection disarrayed the usual schedule

noun

A messy or confused condition, showing a lack of organization

Usage examples:

Many party members believe the campaign is in disarray., the apartment was in complete disarray.

noun

A state of confusion.

Usage examples:

The world 's currency markets were in disorder

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

Usage examples:

They are disordering the political landscape

noun

A state in which objects or conditions are in no particular order; lack of system or planned organization

Usage examples:

The room was in such disorder that she couldn’t find anything., [ c ] a mental/physical disorder, […

noun

Lack of proper planning and control.

Usage examples:

Social disorganization is destroying the wellbeing of the population

noun

The quality of being badly planned and without order

Usage examples:

Your own country is in a state of complete disorganization., there was total disorganization in the…

noun

A lack of ability to plan or organize things well

Usage examples:

The top requests are for help with chronic disorganization., his experience has left him in a state…

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way, especially because of old age.

Usage examples:

An elderly couple gave us a concerned glance as they doddered past

noun

A widely distributed parasitic climbing plant of the convolvulus family, with leafless threadlike stems that are attached to the host plant by means of suckers.

Usage examples:

Eventually a mat of stems forms around the host plant and the dodder loses contact with the soil.

verb

To move slowly and weakly, as if you might fall, especially because of being very old

Usage examples:

There's an old family servant who dodders around., the spindly orange vine known as dodder is a par…

noun

Widespread destruction.

Usage examples:

The hurricane ripped through florida causing havoc

verb

Lay waste to; devastate.

Usage examples:

The lack of participants is associated to a large storm that havocked latvia in january 2005 and up…

noun

Confusion and lack of order that result in damage or trouble

Usage examples:

The storm created complete havoc in the park.

verb

Walk in an awkward way, typically because of pain from an injury.

Usage examples:

He was hobbling around on crutches

noun

An awkward way of walking, typically due to pain from an injury.

Usage examples:

He finished the match almost reduced to a hobble

verb

Walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury

verb

Walk with difficulty, typically because of a damaged or stiff leg or foot.

Usage examples:

He limped heavily as he moved

noun

A tendency to limp; a gait impeded by injury or stiffness.

Usage examples:

The accident left him with a pronounced limp

adjective

Lacking internal strength or structure; not stiff or firm.

Usage examples:

She let her whole body go limp

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

noun

Articles of furniture or other household items that are no longer useful and inconveniently take up storage space.

Usage examples:

A lumber room

verb

Burden (someone) with something unwanted.

Usage examples:

The banks do not want to be lumbered with a building that they cannot sell

adjective

Moving in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

Bob was a big, lumbering, gentle sort

noun

The action of cutting and preparing forest timber for transport and sale.

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The traditional resource industries of the nation, chiefly fishing and lumbering

verb

Move in a slow, heavy, awkward way.

Usage examples:

A truck lumbered past

noun

A dirty or untidy state of things or of a place.

Usage examples:

She made a mess of the kitchen

verb

Make untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

She scratched her head, messing her hair still further

verb

Bring into a disordered or confusing state.

Usage examples:

I fear he may have muddled the message

noun

An untidy and disorganized state or collection.

Usage examples:

The finances were in a muddle

noun

A messy and confused state

Usage examples:

Her life was in a muddle.

noun

A situation that is bad in many different ways, because things have been organized badly and serious mistakes have been made

Usage examples:

The implementation of the new policy was branded an "omnishambles" by the opposition spokesperson o…

noun

A pigsty.

Usage examples:

They did not use compost, but they often placed their garden near the pigpen, chicken yard, or rabb…

noun

An enclosed area where pigs are kept

Usage examples:

Your bedroom is a pigsty!

noun

A pen or enclosure for a pig or pigs.

Usage examples:

As reported by reuters, for example, the european union directive supposedly required farmers to ‘p…

noun

An enclosed area where pigs are kept

Usage examples:

Your bedroom's a pigsty!

verb

Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope

noun

A shuffling movement, walk, or sound.

Usage examples:

There was a shuffle of approaching feet

verb

To walk by sliding your feet, rather than lifting them as you step

Usage examples:

[ i always + adv/prep ] grandfather shuffled into the kitchen, leaning on his cane., [ t ] when i a…

verb

Walk by dragging one's feet along or without lifting them fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I stepped into my skis and shuffled to the edge of the steep slope

noun

The action of walking without lifting one's feet fully from the ground.

Usage examples:

I heard the sound of doors opening and then the noisy shuffling of feet

adjective

Not lifting the feet fully from the ground when walking.

Usage examples:

A shuffling old man

verb

Trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall.

Usage examples:

Her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled

noun

An act of stumbling.

Usage examples:

He broke a bone in his foot in a stumble down an alpine pass

verb

Miss a step and fall or nearly fall

noun

The pointed or rounded end or extremity of something slender or tapering.

Usage examples:

George pressed the tips of his fingers together

verb

Attach to or cover the end or extremity of.

Usage examples:

The peaks of the mountains were tipped with snow

noun

A place where rubbish is left.

Usage examples:

A rubbish tip

verb

Move in a feeble or unsteady way.

Usage examples:

A hunched figure was tottering down the path

noun

A feeble or unsteady gait.

Usage examples:

You may say that none of this sounds like a leap forward, more like a totter backwards.

noun

A person who makes a living by salvaging saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.

Usage examples:

Coney street in york was a totter's paradise on tuesday morning

adjective

Badly organized.

Usage examples:

Expensive mistakes resulting from uncoordinated manufacturing strategies

adjective

With different parts failing to work or move well together

Usage examples:

The marketing campaign was an uncoordinated effort by several different departments., she was clums…

adjective

(of a person or movement) awkward; clumsy.

Usage examples:

An ungainly walk

adjective

Awkward in movement