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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"
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.
a place or situation that is in a state of confusion or disorder: The morning after the party, the house was a complete 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.
shamble noun. Synonyms. barge. clump. flog [ British] flounder. galumph. lumber. lump. plod. pound. scuffle. shuffle. slog. slough. stamp. stomp. stumble. stump. tramp. tromp. trudge. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of shamble in a Sentence.
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.
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.
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.
If everyone in a classroom is talking and yelling at once, the class is a shambles because no one can hear each other or get any work done. People say things are "in shambles" or "a shambles" — they mean the same thing.
a place which is dirty or untidy synonym mess. The house was a shambles. Word Origin. See shambles in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: shambles. Definition of shambles noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Shambles Definition. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin. A place where meat is sold; butcher's stall or shop. Great clutter or jumble; a total mess. Made dinner and left the kitchen a shambles. A slaughterhouse. A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage.
