Chaos — meaning in English
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English meaning
- bedlam noun A scene of wild, noisy chaos and confusion.
- chaos noun Complete disorder and confusion.
- havoc noun Widespread destruction, chaos, or disorder.
- mayhem noun Wild confusion, disorder, or chaos.
- mess noun A dirty, untidy, or disorganized state of things; also, a difficult or awkward situation.
- shambles noun A scene of complete disorder, mess, or chaos.
- SNAFU noun A confused, chaotic mess or a major mistake, especially one caused by miscommunication or poor planning.
- tangle verb To twist together into a knotted, confused mass.
Senses
Chaos is used for these senses in English:
- SNAFU A confused, muddled, or messed-up condition or state; a ridiculously chaotic situation; confusion or chaos regarded as the normal state.
- bedlam A place or situation of chaotic uproar, and where confusion prevails.
- chaos The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
- havoc Mayhem.
- mayhem A state or situation of great confusion, disorder, trouble or destruction; chaos.
- mess a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
- shambles (countable) A great mess or clutter.
- tangle A complicated or confused state or condition.
chaos — full definition
- noun Complete disorder and confusion.
- noun In mathematics and science, unpredictable behavior in a system where tiny differences at the start lead to wildly different outcomes later.
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