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Meaning of Shambles | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized

ˈʃæmbəlz

Definitions

A scene of great disorder or ruin.
countable, uncountable
A great mess or clutter.
countable
A scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation.
countable
A slaughterhouse.
countable
A butcher's shop.
archaic, countable

Equivalents

العربية الفوضى

Bosanski bordel

Čeština binec chaos holubník jatka nepořádek

Dansk rodebutik slagtehus

Deutsch Chaos Durcheinander Fleischerei Fleischhauer Metzgerei Saustall Scherbenhaufen Schlachtfeld Schlachthaus Tohuwabohu Trümmerhaufen

Ελληνικά οπερέτα

Español carnicería destartalado matadero ruinas

Français bordel capharnaüm chienlit fouillis

Gaeilge cosair chró

Galego matadoiro

Hrvatski bordel

Magyar mészárszék összevisszaság rendetlenség vágóhíd zűrzavar

日本語修羅の巷修羅場大混乱屠所畜殺場落花狼藉

한국어 도축장

Kurdî bordel

Polski jatka szlachtuz

Português bagunça total matadouro

Русский бардак бедлам беспорядок бойня кавардак неразбериха путаница разва́лины разруха руины скотобо́йня

Српски bordel

Svenska röra

ไทย เละตุ้มเป๊ะ เละเทะ

Examples

“Considering my life's in shambles right now, couldn't you at least take the blame?”

“This bedroom is a shambles.”

“Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake.”

“As to our City of Dublin, Shambles may be appointed for this purpoſe, in the moſt convenient parts of it, and Butchers vve may be aſſured vvill not be vvanting, […]”

CEFR level

Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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