DISHEVELMENTS Synonyms: 48 Similar and Opposite Words

dishevelments

noun

plural of dishevelment

as in jumbles

a state in which everything is out of order given the degree of dishevelment in your workstation, it's a miracle that you can ever find anything

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Noun

Arches and natural bridges sweep like buttresses from jumbles of rock, giving this landscape a mystical, cathedral-like quality.

— Madison Chapman, Outside, 25 Mar. 2026
Macaroons are chewy jumbles of coconut bound together with egg whites and sweetened condensed milk.

— Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026

Definition of jumbles

Noun

An episode of septicemia, with its hells and paradises, its nightmares and hallucinations, transforms Borges into a story writer.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 26 Aug. 2026
The Avici hell is the lowest and most terrible level of the eight hot hells of Buddhism, where those who’ve committed serious crimes (like parricide) must face constant suffering.

— Regina Kim, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

Definition of hells

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Andrew Schaefer, a forty-two-year-old father in Orlando, Florida, who helps people out of tax messes, also likes to wager on elections.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
Instead of bright or pure white finishes, creamy tones are more forgiving against scuffs, fingerprints, smudges, and everyday kitchen messes.

— Timothy Dale, The Spruce, 3 Nov. 2026

Definition of messes

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In 2013, one of Cara's colleagues suggested testing Eliza for a group of metabolic disorders — just to rule them out.

— Sydney Lupkin, NPR, 1 Nov. 2026
Specifically, the study identified 33 diagnoses linked to exposure to extreme heat, including skin rashes, leg swelling, kidney disease, multiple sclerosis and mental health disorders.

— Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 1 Nov. 2026

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