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- DictionarySham·bles/ˈSHambəlz/
plural
- 1. a state of total disorder: informal "my career was in a shambles"
- 2. a butcher's slaughterhouse (archaic except in place names): "the shambles where the animals were slaughtered"
1. archaic : a meat market. 2. : slaughterhouse. 3. a. : a place of mass slaughter or bloodshed. the battlefield became a shambles. b. : a scene or a state of great destruction : wreckage. the city was a shambles after the bombing. c (1) : a scene or a state of great disorder or confusion. an economy in shambles. (2) : great confusion : mess.
a place or situation that is in a state of confusion or disorder: The morning after the party, the house was a complete shambles. The strike-shortened basketball season was a shambles. Shambles is also a messy or confused state: The candidate claimed that the economy was in (a) shambles.
A shambles is a place, situation, or other thing that’s in complete disorder. When shambles refers to a place, it typically indicates that it’s a mess or, more seriously, that it’s a scene of destruction, wreckage, or even carnage.
1. a. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin: "The economy was in a shambles" (W. Bruce Lincoln). b. Great clutter or jumble; a total mess: made dinner and left the kitchen a shambles. 2. a. A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage. b. A scene or condition of great devastation. 3. A slaughterhouse. 4.
However you say it, a shambles is chaotic, disorderly, out of hand, and off the hook — a major, five-alarm mess. Definitions of shambles. noun. a condition of great disorder. see more. noun. a building where animals are butchered. synonyms: abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse. see more.
noun. shambles,(used with a singular or plural verb) a slaughterhouse. any place of carnage. any scene of destruction: to turn cities into shambles. any scene, place, or thing in disorder: Her desk is a shambles.
May 19, 2024 · Definition of 'shambles' Word Frequency. shambles. (ʃæmbəlz ) singular noun. If a place, event, or situation is a shambles or is in a shambles, everything is in disorder. The ship's interior was an utter shambles. The economy is in a shambles. Synonyms: chaos, mess, disorder, confusion More Synonyms of shambles. More Synonyms of shambles.
