Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shambles

2 senses of shambles

Sense 1
shambles -- (a condition of great disorder)
       => disorderliness, disorder -- (a condition in which things are not in their expected places; "the files are in complete disorder")

Sense 2
abattoir, butchery, shambles, slaughterhouse -- (a building where animals are butchered)
       => building, edifice -- (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place; "there was a three-story building on the corner"; "it was an imposing edifice")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun shamble

1 sense of shamble

Sense 1
shamble, shambling, shuffle, shuffling -- (walking with a slow dragging motion without lifting your feet; "from his shambling I assumed he was very old")
       => walk, walking -- (the act of traveling by foot; "walking is a healthy form of exercise")

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb shamble

1 sense of shamble

Sense 1
shuffle, scuffle, shamble -- (walk by dragging one's feet; "he shuffled out of the room"; "We heard his feet shuffling down the hall")
       => walk -- (use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet")