pell-mell
pell-mell/ˈpelˈmel/
adverb
in a confused, rushed, or disorderly manner.
"the contents of the sacks were thrown pell-mell to the ground"
synonyms: helter-skelter, headlong, (at) full tilt, hotfoot, posthaste, hurriedly, hastily, wildly, impetuously, recklessly, rashly, precipitately, impulsively, slap bang, hurry-scurry, in disorder, in confusion, in a muddle/jumble, in disarray, in a disorganized manner, untidily, in a mess, in a heap, anyhow, all over the place, every which way, all over the shop, shambolically, all over the map, all over the lot
adjective
recklessly hasty or disorganized; headlong.
"steering the pell-mell development of Europe onto a new and more gradual course"
noun
a state of affairs or collection of things characterized by haste or confusion.
"the pell-mell of ascending gables and roof tiles"
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The meaning of PELL-MELL is in mingled confusion or disorder. How to use pell-mell in a sentence. Did you know?
adjective. indiscriminate; disorderly; helter-skelter: a pell-mell dash after someone. overhasty or precipitate; rash: pell-mell spending.
From French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle-mesle, apparently a rhyme based on the stem of mesler (“to mix, meddle”). Compare meddle, melee.
or pell·mell · in disorderly, headlong haste; in a recklessly hurried manner. · in a confused or jumbled mass, crowd, manner, etc.: The crowd rushed pell-mell ...
Pell Mell was an instrumental rock combo, formed in 1980 in Portland, Oregon. Pell Mell. Origin, Portland, Oregon, United States. Genres, Alternative rock ...
Synonyms for PELL-MELL: hurried, rushed, headlong, impulsive, hasty, sudden, rash, precipitous; Antonyms of PELL-MELL: deliberate, unhurried, calculated, ...
PELL-MELL meaning: 1. very fast and not organized: 2. very fast and not organized: . Learn more.
Pell Mell, a German progressive rock band formed in 1971 in Marburg, Germany; Pell Mell (band), a US instrumental rock music ensemble formed 1980 ...
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When things are messy, wacky, crazy, and all over the place, they are pell-mell — chaotic. If your room is a mess, with clothes everywhere, it's pell-mell.
