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Definition of mishmash in English: mishmashnoun ˈmɪʃmaʃ A confused mixture. a mishmash of outmoded ideas Example sentencesExamples - Frankly it's difficult to know where to start, given the mishmash of misunderstanding, gross exaggeration and things that are just plain wrong.
- Your typical bad comedy is a mess, a sloppy mishmash of junk with maybe a few funny bits here and there.
- She is not surprised by the extent of this week's coverage, which she defines as ‘a whole mishmash of nonsense peppered with elements of truth’.
- Even counting votes by a mishmash of different standards would produce a fairer and more accurate result than not counting them at all.
- The scene was a mishmash of beautiful country and old rusted buildings, stretches of lush green grass and strips of dried out riverbeds.
- Parents, music lovers and the curious wander in and find a seat amongst a mishmash of antique chairs, an old couch and anything else that remotely resembles a place to rest.
- Revitalised and re-energised, the contest is now a mishmash of arresting questions, hot competitions, and more.
- Believe it or not, I often lay in bed at night hearing a jumbled mixture of different voices from a mishmash of past unpublished interviews.
- When our stuff all came together (a lot of mine was taken out of storage) it became a mishmash, even more so than it was before.
- A swarm of brightly coloured flags, shirts, banners and placards competed for the eye's attention while a mishmash of languages filled the air.
- The House on the Rock is an architectural mishmash, patched together, built into the rock in places and teetering way out over it in another.
- The bridge was a line of old barges that had been crudely tied together, the deck a mishmash of welded patches of dented rusting metal.
- So at this point, it's really become a mixture, a mishmash of issues.
- My personal favourite sight, however, is the cathedral of St Sauveur, a bit of an architectural mishmash but with a wonderfully lived-in feel.
- The story of the dream itself was a mishmash of recent events.
- Neither, however, can it afford to just broadcast a mishmash of different types of music: a Beethoven piano sonata followed by a Sex Pistols track, say.
- Disjointed at best, it's often a mishmash of ideas and stories that don't always come together in a very meaningful way.
- But it is not clear how people are to find the political identity on which states depend in the mishmash of rules and regulations by which they live.
- Underlying the idea of the multitude is a mishmash of confused claims.
- The Republican party, like any party, is a mishmash of different groups with different objectives.
Synonyms jumble, mess, confusion, hotchpotch, hodgepodge, ragbag, pastiche, patchwork, farrago, hash, assortment, medley, miscellany, mixture, melange, blend, variety, mixed bag, mix, diversity, collection, selection, assemblage, combination, motley collection, pot-pourri, conglomeration informal scissors-and-paste job, mash-up rare gallimaufry, omnium gatherum, olio, salmagundi, macédoine
Origin Late 15th century: reduplication of mash. pell-mell from Late Middle English: People like words that combine two almost identical forms, like helter-skelter (late 16th century), mishmash (Late Middle English), namby-pamby, and wishy-washy (late 17th century)—and pell-mell. Its second element represents a form of French mesler ‘to mix’ (related to medley). The first part might be from pelle ‘shovel’, giving the sense ‘mixed together with a shovel’, but the simple love of rhyme may be the only explanation needed.
Definition of mishmash in US English: mishmashnoun A confused mixture. a mishmash of outmoded ideas Example sentencesExamples - Your typical bad comedy is a mess, a sloppy mishmash of junk with maybe a few funny bits here and there.
- My personal favourite sight, however, is the cathedral of St Sauveur, a bit of an architectural mishmash but with a wonderfully lived-in feel.
- The Republican party, like any party, is a mishmash of different groups with different objectives.
- Revitalised and re-energised, the contest is now a mishmash of arresting questions, hot competitions, and more.
- The House on the Rock is an architectural mishmash, patched together, built into the rock in places and teetering way out over it in another.
- A swarm of brightly coloured flags, shirts, banners and placards competed for the eye's attention while a mishmash of languages filled the air.
- Believe it or not, I often lay in bed at night hearing a jumbled mixture of different voices from a mishmash of past unpublished interviews.
- But it is not clear how people are to find the political identity on which states depend in the mishmash of rules and regulations by which they live.
- So at this point, it's really become a mixture, a mishmash of issues.
- The scene was a mishmash of beautiful country and old rusted buildings, stretches of lush green grass and strips of dried out riverbeds.
- Neither, however, can it afford to just broadcast a mishmash of different types of music: a Beethoven piano sonata followed by a Sex Pistols track, say.
- Even counting votes by a mishmash of different standards would produce a fairer and more accurate result than not counting them at all.
- Disjointed at best, it's often a mishmash of ideas and stories that don't always come together in a very meaningful way.
- The bridge was a line of old barges that had been crudely tied together, the deck a mishmash of welded patches of dented rusting metal.
- The story of the dream itself was a mishmash of recent events.
- Parents, music lovers and the curious wander in and find a seat amongst a mishmash of antique chairs, an old couch and anything else that remotely resembles a place to rest.
- She is not surprised by the extent of this week's coverage, which she defines as ‘a whole mishmash of nonsense peppered with elements of truth’.
- Underlying the idea of the multitude is a mishmash of confused claims.
- When our stuff all came together (a lot of mine was taken out of storage) it became a mishmash, even more so than it was before.
- Frankly it's difficult to know where to start, given the mishmash of misunderstanding, gross exaggeration and things that are just plain wrong.
Synonyms jumble, mess, confusion, hotchpotch, hodgepodge, ragbag, pastiche, patchwork, farrago, hash, assortment, medley, miscellany, mixture, melange, blend, variety, mixed bag, mix, diversity, collection, selection, assemblage, combination, motley collection, pot-pourri, conglomeration
Origin Late 15th century: reduplication of mash. |