hugger-mugger
adverb
uk/ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ər/us/ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/in aconfused,untidyway thatlacksorder:
Thepaintingswerehunghugger-mugger on thewalls.
Igrewup with eightsiblingsalllivinghugger-mugger.
(ofdiscussions, etc.) done in asecretway, withoutlettingpeopleknowwhat is being said:
Campaignerswanttobringtransparencytoprocessesthatcurrentlyareconductedhugger-mugger.
Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the placeidiom
- Augean
- bedraggled
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodied
- insalubrious
- insanitary
- mangy
- manky
- messily
- messy
- mucky
- polluted
- sordid
- sordidly
- sordidness
- squalid
- straggly
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hugger-mugger
adjective
uk/ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ər/us/ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/confusedoruntidyandlackingorder:
Themeetingwasdescribedas a hugger-muggeraffairwith noagenda, whichsoondescendedintochaoticargument.
talkingto someone in asecretway:
He was hugger-mugger with hisdeputyallmorning.
- The hugger-muggerendingto theplayleavescrucialissuesandrelationshipsunresolved.
- Thecourtseemedto be afrivolousplacewhere all was hugger-mugger.
- There are hugger-muggerhuddlesofconspiratorsin thecorridorsofWestminster.
Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the placeidiom
- Augean
- bedraggled
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodied
- insalubrious
- insanitary
- mangy
- manky
- messily
- messy
- mucky
- polluted
- sordid
- sordidly
- sordidness
- squalid
- straggly
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused
Secrecy and privacy
hugger-mugger
noun[S]
uk/ˈhʌɡ.əˌmʌɡ.ər/us/ˈhʌɡ.ɚˌmʌɡ.ɚ/aplaceorsituationthat isconfusedoruntidyandlacksorder:
Theroomis a hugger-mugger oftables.
Thevillageis just a hugger-mugger ofcottagesclingingto thesideof amountain.
Dirty & untidy
- -stained
- all over the placeidiom
- Augean
- bedraggled
- besmeared
- bespattered
- bloodied
- insalubrious
- insanitary
- mangy
- manky
- messily
- messy
- mucky
- polluted
- sordid
- sordidly
- sordidness
- squalid
- straggly
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Confusion, confusing and feeling confused