shambles

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A scene of great disorder or ruin.
2. (countable) A great mess or clutter.
3. (countable) A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
4. (countable) A slaughterhouse.
5. (archaic, countable) A butcher's shop.

Verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of shamble

shamble

• Verb
• Noun

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Synonyms

abattoir

slaughterhouse

butchery

slaughter-house

mess

chaos

ruin

muddle

turmoil

muss

disorder

confusion

jumble

kerfuffle

massacre

mayhem

pandemonium

razzmatazz

slaughter

tatter

tumult

turbulence

upheaval

uproar

balagan

garboil

topsyturvydom

Sturm und Drang

babel

bedlam

bloodbath

carnage

combustion

convulsion

debris

disorderliness

disruption

farrago

hodgepodge

Translations

abattoir

Schlachthaus

açougue

matadero

capharnaüm

Schlachthof

matadouro

slachthuis

kanara

pagaille

kesim evi

mezbaha

salhane

σφαγείο

macello

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃæmbl̩z/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: schamels

Inherited from Old English: sċeamol

In summary

From Middle English schamels, plural of schamel, from Old English sċeamol, sċamul (“bench, stool”), from Proto-West Germanic *skamul, *skamil (“stool, bench”), from Vulgar Latin scamellum, from Latin scamillum (“little bench, ridge”), from Latin scamnum (“bench, ridge, breadth of a field”).