shambles
[noun]
Synonyms: chaos, confusion, disarray, disorder, havoc, madhouse, mess, muddle

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English Thesaurus: failure, flop, disaster, fiasco, debacle, ...

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sham‧bles /ˈʃæmbəlz/ noun
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: shambles 'place where animals are killed for meat, scene of great killing or destruction' (16-20 centuries), from shamble 'table from which meat is sold, meat market' (14-19 centuries), from Old English scamul 'counter, stool']
be (in) a shambles informal
a) if something is a shambles, it is very disorganized and there is a lot of confusion:
The meeting was a shambles from start to finish.
The economy is in a complete shambles.
b) if a place is a shambles, it is very untidy Synonym : mess:
My house is in an absolute shambles.

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failure noun [countable] someone or something that is not successful:
The book was a complete failure.
I felt a complete failure.
flop noun [countable] informal something that is not successful because people do not like it – used especially about a film, play, product, or performance:
Despite the hype, the movie was a flop at the box office.
Their next computer was a flop.
disaster noun [countable] used when saying that something is extremely unsuccessful:
Our first date was a disaster.
Their marriage was a total disaster.
fiasco noun [countable usually singular] something that is completely unsuccessful and goes very badly wrong – used especially about things that have been officially planned, which go very wrong:
The baggage system broke down on the first day the airport was open. It was a complete fiasco.
The fiasco came close to ending de Gaulle's political career.
debacle noun [countable usually singular] formal an event or situation that is a complete failure, because it does not happen in the way that it was officially planned:
the banking debacle that has put our economy at risk
shambles noun [singular] especially British English if a situation or event is a shambles, it is completely unsuccessful because it has been very badly planned or organized, and no one seems to know what to do:
The first few shows were a shambles, but things soon got better.
washout noun [singular] informal a failure – used when something is so bad that it would be better if it had not happened:
The play wasn’t a complete washout; the acting was okay.
His most recent and ambitious project, a big-budget Hollywood film, was a washout with both critics and audiences alike.
turkey noun [countable] informal something that is so bad and unsuccessful that you think the people involved should be embarrassed about it – a very informal use:
At the time most people thought the car was a complete turkey.
Since then he has appeared in a string of turkeys.

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