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