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MARE'S NEST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A confused multitude of things
Synonyms:
clutter; fuddle; jumble; mare's nest; muddle; smother; welter
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("mare's nest" is a kind of...):
disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mare's nest"):
rummage (a jumble of things to be given away)