kitchen-sink

kitch·en–sink

adj \-ˈsiŋk\

Definition of KITCHEN-SINK

1

chiefly British : portraying or emphasizing the squalid aspects of modern life <the kitchen–sink realism of contemporary British drama — Current Biography>

2

: being or made up of a hodgepodge of disparate elements or ingredients

First Known Use of KITCHEN-SINK

1941

Related to KITCHEN-SINK

Synonyms: assorted, eclectic, heterogeneous, indiscriminate, kitchen-sink, magpie, mixed, motley, patchwork, piebald, promiscuous, raggle-taggle, ragtag, varied

Antonyms: homogeneous

Related Words: manifold, multifarious; multiple, multiplex, myriad; disparate, divergent, diverse, sundry, various; chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, farraginous, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled; amalgamated, blended, combined, commingled, commixed, conglomerated, fused, incorporated, intermingled, intermixed, merged, mingled; composite, conglomerate, hybrid; unclassified, unsorted

Near Antonyms: monolithic, uniform; alike, identical, like, same; distinct, distinctive, individual, separate

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