bordel
- noun
- Slang
:
desastre
- After the party, the living room looked like a complete bordel with clothes and empty bottles everywhere.
Examples
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The kids turned the playroom into a bordel, with toys scattered all over the floor.
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The office was such a bordel after the staff left for the holidays, papers were everywhere.
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Bordel de merde !
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A situation in which things are untidy and confused
438
3.1
A situation with no order where people are confused and cannot act normally
138
4.8
A time of great confusion and disorder
22
8.0
A loud, wild situation of disorder and confusion
18
7.7
A time of strong political or social disorder
12
7.7
A noisy, confused situation with a crowd behaving badly
10
9.9
A situation that is very messy and badly managed
10
6.2
A wild fight or argument with many people and no rules
8
8.2
A noisy scene where people are confused and out of control
3
4.8
A chaotic, confusing situation like the strange rooms in a fair attraction
3
7.3
An unpleasant, chaotic place where people act badly toward each other
2
6.8
A very messy place with many things mixed together
2
8.4
A very large, messy situation that is hard to fix
1
9.6
A noisy, confused situation with many people and activity
1
5.5
A place or situation that is very messy and out of order
1
9.9
A large messy area that is hard to search or manage
1
9.9
A confusing, chaotic situation with many mixed-up parts
A situation that is very messy and badly managed
A situation that is very messy and badly organized
A situation of complete disorder and failure
A very messy, confused mix of things in one place
A situation with things all over and people confused
A confused, messy situation when plans go wrong
A confused, messy situation where plans go wrong
A chaotic rushed situation that happens because of poor planning
Antonyms
How Messy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bordel is also used informally to mean a very messy or chaotic place. A helpful way to remember this is that brothels were seen as noisy and disorderly, so people began to use bordel to mean any big 'mess'.