jumbled
AdjectiveUS[juhm-buhld]/ˈdʒʌmbəld/2 syllables
Open English WordNet
Adjective (1)
- in utter disorder“a disorderly pile of clothes”Synonyms: disorderlyhiggledy-piggledyhugger-muggertopsy-turvyOpposite tidySimilar untidy
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)
“jumbled” is listed under Jumble.
Jum′ble transitive verb [past tense & past participle Jumbled; present participle & verbal noun Jumbling.]
Origin: Prob. fr. jump, i. e., to make to jump, or shake.
To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; — often followed by together or up.
Why dost thou blend and jumble such inconsistencies together?— Burton, Robert
Every clime and age Jumbled together.— Alfred Tennyson
Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54