mishmash
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6.4
- noun
- /ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ/
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mezcla confusa
- In his room, there was a mishmash of old toys, clothes, and books scattered everywhere.
I found it kind of, you know, like a mishmash of, of stuff.
- I found it kind of, you know, like a mishmash of, of stuff.
- It is a mishmash of every book you've ever read.
- But I've learned over the years that emotions are just kind of a mishmash of perception and thought.
- Word salad, like any salad, is a mishmash of ingredients.
- Yeah, So putting Mac and cheese in a cereal is quite a mishmash.
- It's this mishmash of fact, fiction, smear and fabricating a lie.
- And you follow it all the way to the end If you're saying you have a whole mishmash of conflicting things that don't all fit together well.
- They all said yeah, it was a bit of a mishmash, Some really good things in it, some things that were awful to cope with.
- And then in my feminist section, which is a bit of a mishmash of things, I've got Melissa Jira Grants playing the Hall, which my friend Ollie gave to me.
- And it's, you know, it's, it's a mishmash of things, but it has now coalesced into again in America, we call it cancel culture.
- You speak at what's called patois, pigeon, English, a combination of Dutch, French, English, Creole, Portuguese, all kind of mishmash together.
- To, to bring it back to my fucking mishmash of words.
- I, I, I, my dream for this show is to turn it into a whole mishmash multimedia nightmare.
Examples
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Over a billion dollars has been spent here to create a past that is a generic mishmash of ancient cultures.
Academic text (2009) -
Resplendently cast in a marble and granite shell, the building is a mishmash of architectural styles.
Academic text (2002) -
I hope you enjoyed the mishmash of today with the London day and I will see you again very soon.
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So this little mishmash of products here has been just bomb for me.
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The result was a mishmash of players that went on to form that infamous roster.
Blog text (27) -
The mishmash of colors resembles eggs smashed on the green felt of a pool table.
Fiction book (1996) -
It is a mishmash of every book you've ever read.
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Inside, the Inferno is a mishmash of video games, ancient carnival props, and old horror movie posters.
Fiction book (1993) -
The effect was bleak and seedy, a mishmash of secondhand odds and ends.
Fiction book (1993) -
Instead, it has combined conventional and counterterrorist strategies in an ill-coordinated and incoherent mishmash.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
276
1.0
A group of different things or people that are together
98
2.3
A mix of different things, like colors or spices
58
1.8
Different things put together form one thing
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1.2
An action that brings two or more things together
24
6.0
A food or drink made by mixing different things, often in a new way
20
4.6
A confused mixture of things or ideas
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7.3
A messy mixture of different things thrown together
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5.5
A confused situation that is hard to understand or solve
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8.2
A mixture of different things, often very varied and unexpected
1
9.9
A confused mix of different things that do not fit together
1
9.9
A messy mixture of different things
1
7.9
A group of different small things like papers or photos
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7.1
A collection of different, unrelated items
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7.1
A messy mix of things that do not belong together
1
9.9
A mixed collection of things from many places
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9.9
A mixed collection of different things
A messy mixture of different things that do not fit together
A mixed collection of different things
A mixed collection of different things, like essays, photos, or objects
A mixed collection of different things, like photos and receipts
A mix of different ideas that do not form a clear whole
A collection of different things chosen without planning
A confused mix of different things like old toys and books
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Etymology
Mishmash is a funny repeat of mash ('to crush' or 'mix'). So a mishmash is like things all mashed together, a confused mixture.