He put his things pell-mell in the bag.
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Pell-mell
//ˈpɛlˈmɛl//
Synonyms for "pell-mell" (111 found)
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Closest matches (23)
Strong matches (33)
Related words (55)
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1 entriesTranslations
23 translations across 8 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀναμίξ adv (in haste and chaos)
Bulgarian
4 entries- безреден adj (uncontrolled)
- неконтролиран adj (uncontrolled)
- безразборно adv (in haste and chaos)
- лудешки adv (in haste and chaos)
Czech
3 entries- páté přes deváté adj (uncontrolled)
- hlava nehlava adv (in haste and chaos)
- o překot adv (in haste and chaos)
Dutch
4 entries- chaotisch adj (uncontrolled)
- haastig adj (uncontrolled)
- ongecontroleerd adj (uncontrolled)
- chaotisch adv (in haste and chaos)
French
1 entries- pêle-mêle adv (in haste and chaos)
Polish
3 entries- bezładny adj (uncontrolled)
- bezładnie adv (in haste and chaos)
- na łeb, na szyję adv (in haste and chaos)
Russian
4 entries- беспоря́дочный adj (uncontrolled)
- тяп-ляп adj (uncontrolled)
- беспоря́дочно adv (in haste and chaos)
- тяп-ляп adv (in haste and chaos)
Swedish
1 entries- huvudstupa adv (in haste and chaos)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
Nor moody Beggars, ſtaruing for a time / Of pell-mell hauocke, and confusion.
Source: wiktionary
These present the appearance of masses of water-worn gravel, mixed in the most pell mell confusion, the boulders being often of very large size; but I observed no striae, nor any of the blue tenacious clay of the Till, which it so much resembled.
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The whole district presents the most pell-mell throwing together imaginable.
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