mare's nest
nounDefinition of mare's nest
1 : a false discovery, illusion, or deliberate hoax
2 : a place, condition, or situation of great disorder or confusion a mare's nest of intrigue and troubles with the money men— William Cole
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chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
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