hugger mugger Sentence Examples
- The hugger-mugger dealings of the shady organization raised suspicion.
- The politician's involvement in hugger-mugger campaign tactics tarnished his reputation.
- The shadowy figures met in hugger-mugger fashion, their motives shrouded in secrecy.
- The witness's testimony revealed a hugger-mugger conspiracy at the highest levels of government.
- Amidst the chaos of the street protests, small groups engaged in hugger-mugger activities, stirring up trouble.
- The hugger-mugger committee worked in secret, its members known only to a select few.
- The journalists uncovered a hugger-mugger financial scandal involving millions of dollars.
- The hugger-mugger negotiations lasted for hours, each side trying to outmaneuver the other.
- The corporate executives engaged in hugger-mugger tactics to avoid paying taxes.
- The detectives searched for clues in the hugger-mugger world of organized crime.
hugger mugger Meaning
hugger mugger (v)
act stealthily or secretively
hugger mugger (n)
a state of confusion
hugger mugger (s)
in utter disorder
conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods
hugger mugger (r)
in secrecy
hugger mugger (n.)
Privacy; secrecy. Commonly in the phrase in hugger-mugger, with haste and secrecy.
hugger mugger (a.)
Secret; clandestine; sly.
Confused; disorderly; slovenly; mean; as, hugger-mugger doings.
Synonyms & Antonyms of hugger mugger
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- trim
- well-ordered
- regular
- neat
- neat
- snug
- unsullied
- spick-and-span
- orderly
- spotless
- spotless
- shipshape
- hygienic
- unsoiled
- crisp
- cleaned
- systematic
- unsullied
- antiseptic
- unsoiled
- kempt
- regular
- sparkling
- methodical
- spick-and-span
- clean
- uncluttered
- sparkling
- uncluttered
- trim
- hygienic
- orderly
- methodical
- organized
- organized
- tidy
- snug
- antiseptic
- cleaned
- well-ordered
- immaculate
- ordered
- immaculate
- shipshape
- stainless
- tidy
- stainless
- clean
- systematic
- ordered
- kempt
- crisp
Synonyms:
- knotted
- dingy
- tumbled
- topsy-turvy
- disarranged
- stained
- higgledy-piggledy
- muddled
- pell-mell
- shaggy
- mussy
- grimy
- unkempt
- upside-down
- nasty
- tangled
- disordered
- blackened
- mussed
- at-sixes-and-sevens
- disarrayed
- out-of-joint
- squalid
- disorderly
- tousled
- messed
- disheveled
- rumpled
- dirty
- untidy
- wrinkled
- dishevelled
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- grotty
- frowsy
- negligent
- soiled
- uncleanly
- grubby
- contaminated
- draggled
- dowdy
- befouled
- cruddy
- bedraggled
- besmirched
- sloven
- slovenly
- snarled
- slatternly
- sullied
- adulterated
- neglectful
- seedy
- grungy
- defiled
- shabby
- mucky
- begrimed
- unclean
- foul
- uncombed
- frowzy
- spotted
- smudged
- bemired
- sleazy
- sordid
- neglected
- tainted
- polluted
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FAQs About the word hugger mugger
act stealthily or secretively, a state of confusion, in utter disorder, conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods, in secrecyPrivacy; secrecy. Commonly
cluttered, chaotic, sloppy, confused, jumbled, littered,messy, filthy, knotted, dingy
trim, well-ordered, regular, neat, neat, snug, unsullied, spick-and-span, orderly, spotless
The hugger-mugger dealings of the shady organization raised suspicion.
The politician's involvement in hugger-mugger campaign tactics tarnished his reputation.
The shadowy figures met in hugger-mugger fashion, their motives shrouded in secrecy.
The witness's testimony revealed a hugger-mugger conspiracy at the highest levels of government.
