MARE'S NEST

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A confused multitude of things

Synonyms:

clutter; fuddle; jumble; mare's nest; muddle; smother; welter

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("mare's nest" is a kind of...):

disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mare's nest"):

rummage (a jumble of things to be given away)

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