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mare's nest

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Synonyms and Antonyms of mare's nest

a state in which everything is out of order

the lack of planning had resulted in the city's evacuation being a mare's nest of epic proportions

Synonyms of mare's nest

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

Words Related to mare's nest

anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riot

knot, snarl, tangle

labyrinth, maze, web

maelstrom, storm

bollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shuffle

hodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley

Near Antonyms of mare's nest

method, pattern, plan, system

Antonyms of mare's nest

order, orderliness

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