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单词 snake pits
释义

snake pit

noun

1
dated : a hospital for the mentally ill
2
: a place or state of chaotic disorder and distress

Synonyms

  • chance-medley
  • chaos
  • confusion
  • disarrangement
  • disarray
  • dishevelment
  • disorder
  • disorderedness
  • disorderliness
  • disorganization
  • free-for-all
  • havoc
  • heck
  • hell
  • jumble
  • mare's nest
  • mess
  • messiness
  • misorder
  • muddle
  • muss
  • shambles
  • tumble
  • welter
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Example Sentences

finally managed to crawl out of the snake pit of her drug addiction
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Word History

First Known Use

1946, in the meaning defined at sense 1

snake pits

noun

plural of snake pit
as in chaoses
a state in which everything is out of order finally managed to crawl out of the snake pit of her drug addiction

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • chaoses
  • hells
  • jumbles
  • disorganizations
  • messes
  • disorders
  • disarrangements
  • disarrays
  • misorders
  • confusions
  • mares' nests
  • mare's nests
  • dishevelments
  • havoc
  • misrules
  • hecks
  • tangles
  • musses
  • chance-medleys
  • shambles
  • tumbles
  • welters
  • muddles
  • riots
  • clutters
  • anarchies
  • mazes
  • motleys
  • labyrinths
  • snarls
  • free-for-alls
  • bollixes
  • webs
  • shuffles
  • knots
  • maelstroms
  • litters
  • storms
  • hodgepodges
  • morasses
  • medleys
  • miscellanies
  • mishmashes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • systems
  • methods
  • plans
  • patterns
  • orders
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