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Today's word: shambles
sham·bles
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word shambles
Princeton's WordNet
shamblesnoun
a condition of great disorder
abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhousenoun
a building where animals are butchered
Wiktionary
shamblesnoun
a scene of great disorder or ruin
shamblesnoun
a great mess or clutter
This website is a shambles.
shamblesnoun
a scene of bloodshed, carnage or devastation
shamblesnoun
a slaughterhouse
shamblesnoun
a butcher's shop
Etymology: From scamul. A borrowing from scamellum, diminutive of scamnum.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Shamblesnoun
Etymology: Of uncertain etymology. Scannaglia, Ital.
Far be the thoughts of this from Henry’s heart,
To make a shambles of the parliament-house. William Shakespeare, H. VI.I hope my noble lord esteems me honest.
—— Oh, ay, as summer-flies are in the shambles,
That quicken ev’n with blowing. William Shakespeare, Othello.He warned a flock of sheep, that were driving to the shambles, of their danger; and, upon uttering some sounds, they all fled. Arbuthnot.
When the person is made the jest of the mob, or his back the shambles of the executioner, there is no more conviction in the one than in the other. Isaac Watts.
Wikipedia
Shambles
Shambles is an obsolete term for an open-air slaughterhouse and meat market.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Shambles
sham′blz, n.pl. stalls on which butchers exposed their meat for sale, hence a flesh-market: a slaughter-house. [A.S. scamel (Ger. schämel), a stool—Low L. scamellum, for L. scabellum, dim. of scamnum, a bench.]
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of shambles in Chaldean Numerology is: 8
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of shambles in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of shambles in a Sentence
The government is willing to work with government firms, but co-operation with private companies is a shambles.
Russia has sought as its principal aim to totally subjugate Ukraine, to take away its sovereignty, to take away its independence -- that has failed, it has sought to assert the power of its military and its economy. We, of course, are seeing just the opposite, a military that is dramatically underperforming and an economy... as a result of sanctions that is in shambles.
I want to be able to meet with government officials, try to establish some rapport, talk about common interest, talk about common problem. some say it's in shambles.
It staggers the imagination as to what will be happening just really over the next few days, this thing is out of control, this is a complete catastrophe. The entire health care system is in shambles. The number of people being infected is just going through the roof, and no one trusts this junta to provide them with information or health care or vaccines that they need to confront this pandemic.
My career is blowing things out of the water, my life, because I ’m a human, it feels like it’s in shambles, but it’s not. I ’m just sad because I’ve had some losses.
Translations for shambles
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- heilloses DurcheinanderGerman
- σφαγείοGreek
- mataderoSpanish
- پراکندهPersian
- capharnaüm, bordel, fouillisFrench
- cosair chróIrish
- खंडहरHindi
- romhalmaz, összevisszaság, mészárszék, rendetlenség, zűrzavar, vágóhíd, pusztulásHungarian
- בָּלָגָןHebrew
- ಕುಗ್ಗುತ್ತದೆKannada
- 도살장Korean
- разруха, барда́к, руина, пу́таница, каварда́к, неразбериха, скотобо́йня, беспорядок, бойняRussian
- röraSwedish
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