hugger mugger Synonyms
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Strong:
- dingy
- disheveled
- muddled
- squalid
- grimy
- upside-down
- knotted
- at-sixes-and-sevens
- out-of-joint
- untidy
- disarranged
- tumbled
- mussy
- blackened
- topsy-turvy
- stained
- messed
- higgledy-piggledy
- disordered
- dishevelled
- mussed
- wrinkled
- disarrayed
- tousled
- shaggy
- nasty
- tangled
- pell-mell
- disorderly
- dirty
- rumpled
- unkempt
Weak:
- befouled
- shabby
- slovenly
- negligent
- uncleanly
- sordid
- adulterated
- begrimed
- polluted
- contaminated
- draggled
- grungy
- foul
- unclean
- soiled
- frowsy
- sullied
- mucky
- dowdy
- defiled
- spotted
- neglected
- sleazy
- grubby
- neglectful
- bemired
- cruddy
- slatternly
- bedraggled
- seedy
- grotty
- snarled
- frowzy
- sloven
- tainted
- smudged
- uncombed
- besmirched
Strongest:
- ordered
- hygienic
- crisp
- clean
- unsullied
- tidy
- systematic
- organized
- kempt
- orderly
- cleaned
- systematic
- uncluttered
- neat
- orderly
- crisp
- well-ordered
- neat
- hygienic
- stainless
- regular
- unsoiled
- regular
- organized
- cleaned
- trim
- spotless
- shipshape
- tidy
- sparkling
- antiseptic
- clean
- methodical
- spick-and-span
- immaculate
- unsoiled
- unsullied
- kempt
- trim
- snug
- well-ordered
- sparkling
- shipshape
- antiseptic
- methodical
- stainless
- immaculate
- snug
- spick-and-span
- uncluttered
- ordered
- spotless
Strong:
- tidied
- fussy
- fastidious
- wholesome
- neatened
- manicured
- wholesome
- finicky
- fastidious
- methodic
- neatened
- fussy
- manicured
- meticulous
- cleanly
- bandbox
- systematized
- careful
- finicky
- bandbox
- spic-and-span
- cleanly
- methodic
- careful
- systematized
- spic-and-span
- meticulous
- tidied
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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.
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.
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
messy, cluttered, sloppy, chaotic, jumbled, confused, filthy, littered, dingy, disheveled
ordered, hygienic, crisp, clean, unsullied, tidy, systematic, organized, kempt, orderly
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.
