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durcheinander — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • addle adj Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
  • chaos noun Complete disorder and confusion.
  • clutter verb To fill a space with an untidy mass of objects.
  • confounded adj Completely puzzled or astonished.
  • confused adj Unable to think clearly or understand what is happening.
  • confusion noun A state of not understanding what is happening; a lack of clarity.
  • dazed adj Stunned, confused, or unable to think clearly, often after a shock or blow.
  • disruption noun A break in the normal flow, order, or continuity of something.
  • fluster verb To throw (someone) into a state of confusion or panic; to befuddle, to confuse.
  • hash noun A dish of chopped meat and vegetables (often potatoes) fried together.
  • havoc noun Widespread destruction, chaos, or disorder.
  • haywire noun Thin, flexible wire originally used to bind bales of hay.
  • hubbub noun A loud, confused noise made by a crowd of people talking or shouting at once; an uproar.
  • jumble verb To mix things up in a disorganised or confused way.
  • kerfuffle noun A disorderly outburst, disturbance, commotion, or tumult.
  • 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.
  • tangle verb To twist together into a knotted, confused mass.
  • welter noun A general confusion or muddle, especially of a large number of items.
  • whirl verb To spin or turn around quickly.

Senses

durcheinander is used for these senses in English:

  • addle (by extension) Unfruitful or confused; muddled.
  • all over the place (idiomatic) Inconsistent; lacking a clear pattern; with a large amount of variation.
  • chaos The unordered state of matter in classical accounts of cosmogony.
  • clutter (uncountable) A confused disordered jumble of things.
  • confounded Confused, astonished.
  • confused (of a person) unable to think clearly or understand
  • confusion A lack of clarity or order.
  • dazed In a state of shock or confusion.

addle — full definition

  1. adj Having lost the power of development, and become rotten; putrid.
  2. adj Unfruitful or confused; muddled.

chaos — full definition

  1. noun Complete disorder and confusion.
  2. noun In mathematics and science, unpredictable behaviour in a system where tiny differences at the start lead to wildly different outcomes later.

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