The rest of the things end up higgledy-piggledy around the room.
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Higgledy-piggledy
//ˈhɪɡəldiˌpɪɡəldi//
Synonyms for "higgledy-piggledy" (54 found)
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Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Noun(2 words)
Related words (27)
Adjective(3 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Adverb(1 words)
Adverb(1 words)
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Translations
20 translations across 10 languages.
Finnish
2 entries- hujan hajan adj (in disorder)
- sikin sokin adj (in disorder)
French
4 entries- en désordre adj (in disorder)
- pêle-mêle adj (in disorder)
- en désordre adv (in a disordered way)
- pêle-mêle adv (in a disordered way)
Greek
3 entries- άνω κάτω adv (in a disordered way)
- άρτζι μπούρτζι και λουλάς adv (in a disordered way)
- φύρδην μίγδην adv (in a disordered way)
Hungarian
2 entries- rendetlen adj (in disorder)
- rendezetlen adj (in disorder)
Italian
2 entries- a catafascio adv (in a disordered way)
- alla rinfusa adv (in a disordered way)
Korean
1 entries- 뒤죽박죽 adv (in a disordered way)
Māori
1 entries- tōroherohe adj (in disorder)
Polish
3 entries- bezładny adj (in disorder)
- bezładnie adv (in a disordered way)
- jak popadnie adv (in a disordered way)
Swedish
1 entries- huller om buller adv (in a disordered way)
Ukrainian
1 entries- хаотично adv (in a disordered way)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I can't find your memo since my desk is all higgledy-piggledy.
Source: wiktionary
The houses of the central village were quite unlike the casual and higgledy-piggledy agglomeration of the mountain villages he knew.
Source: wiktionary
For many years we have all known that the executive and administrative departments of the Government in Washington are a higgledy-piggledy patchwork of duplicate responsibilities and overlapping powers.
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