A ruinous state of disorder

• screwup

  1. One that makes a mess of an undertaking; a bungler.
  2. A blunder; a mess:

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  1. One that makes a mess of an undertaking; a bungler.
  2. A blunder; a mess:

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• hash

  1. A dish of chopped meat, potatoes, and sometimes vegetables, usually browned.
  2. A jumble; a hodgepodge.
  3. A mess:

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  1. A dish of chopped meat, potatoes, and sometimes vegetables, usually browned.
  2. A jumble; a hodgepodge.
  3. A mess:

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• shambles

  1. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin:
  2. Great clutter or jumble; a total mess:
  3. A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage.

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  1. A scene or condition of complete disorder or ruin:
  2. Great clutter or jumble; a total mess:
  3. A place or scene of bloodshed or carnage.

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• muddle

  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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• mess

  1. A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty place or condition:
  2. Something that is disorderly or dirty, as a accumulation or heap:
  3. A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition or situation:

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  1. A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty place or condition:
  2. Something that is disorderly or dirty, as a accumulation or heap:
  3. A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition or situation:

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• foul-up

  1. A condition of confusion caused by mistakes or poor judgment.
  2. A mechanical failure.

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  1. A condition of confusion caused by mistakes or poor judgment.
  2. A mechanical failure.

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• botch

  1. To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude:
  2. To repair or mend clumsily or ineptly.
  3. A ruined or defective piece of work:

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  1. To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude:
  2. To repair or mend clumsily or ineptly.
  3. A ruined or defective piece of work:

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A lack of order or regular arrangement

• tumble

  1. To perform acrobatic feats such as somersaults, rolls, or twists.
  2. To fall, roll, or move end over end:
  3. To spill, roll out, or emerge in confusion or disorder:

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  1. To perform acrobatic feats such as somersaults, rolls, or twists.
  2. To fall, roll, or move end over end:
  3. To spill, roll out, or emerge in confusion or disorder:

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• topsy-turviness

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• scramble

  1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees.
  2. To struggle or contend frantically in order to get something:
  3. To take off with all possible haste, as to intercept enemy aircraft.

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  1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees.
  2. To struggle or contend frantically in order to get something:
  3. To take off with all possible haste, as to intercept enemy aircraft.

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• muss

  1. To make messy or untidy; rumple.
  2. A state of disorder; a mess.

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  1. To make messy or untidy; rumple.
  2. A state of disorder; a mess.

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• muddle

  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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• mix-up

  1. A state or an instance of confusion; a muddle:
  2. A fight or melee.

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  1. A state or an instance of confusion; a muddle:
  2. A fight or melee.

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• mess

  1. A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty place or condition:
  2. Something that is disorderly or dirty, as a accumulation or heap:
  3. A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition or situation:

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  1. A cluttered, untidy, usually dirty place or condition:
  2. Something that is disorderly or dirty, as a accumulation or heap:
  3. A confused, troubling, or embarrassing condition or situation:

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• jumble

  1. To mix in a confused way; throw together carelessly:
  2. To muddle; confuse:
  3. To be mixed in a confused way:

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  1. To mix in a confused way; throw together carelessly:
  2. To muddle; confuse:
  3. To be mixed in a confused way:

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• disorganization

  1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
  2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.

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  1. The act of disorganizing; destruction of system.
  2. The state of being disorganized; as, the disorganization of the body, or of government.

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• disorderliness

  1. The state or quality of being disorderly.

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  1. The state or quality of being disorderly.

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• disorderedness

  1. The quality of being disordered.

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  1. The quality of being disordered.

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• disorder

  1. A lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion.
  2. A breach of civic order or peace; a public disturbance.
  3. An ailment that affects the function of mind or body:

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  1. A lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion.
  2. A breach of civic order or peace; a public disturbance.
  3. An ailment that affects the function of mind or body:

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• disarray

  1. A state of disorder; confusion.
  2. Disorderly dress.
  3. To throw into confusion; upset.

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  1. A state of disorder; confusion.
  2. Disorderly dress.
  3. To throw into confusion; upset.

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• disarrangement

  1. Upset of the normal order.

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  1. Upset of the normal order.

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• derangement

  1. The property of being deranged.
  2. An act or instance of deranging.
  3. (mathematics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.

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  1. The property of being deranged.
  2. An act or instance of deranging.
  3. (mathematics) A permutation of a set such that no element is in its previous position.

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• confusion

  1. The act of confusing or the state of being confused:
  2. An instance of being confused:
  3. Impaired orientation with respect to time, place, or person; a disturbed mental state.

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  1. The act of confusing or the state of being confused:
  2. An instance of being confused:
  3. Impaired orientation with respect to time, place, or person; a disturbed mental state.

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• confusedness

  1. The state or quality of being confused

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  1. The state or quality of being confused

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• clutter

  1. A confused or disordered state or collection; a jumble:
  2. A confused noise; a clatter.
  3. To fill or spread over in a disorderly manner:

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  1. A confused or disordered state or collection; a jumble:
  2. A confused noise; a clatter.
  3. To fill or spread over in a disorderly manner:

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• chaos

  1. A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
  2. A disorderly mass; a jumble:
  3. The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.

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  1. A condition or place of great disorder or confusion.
  2. A disorderly mass; a jumble:
  3. The disordered state of unformed matter and infinite space supposed in some cosmogonic views to have existed before the ordered universe.

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To put into total disorder

• snarl

  1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth.
  2. To speak angrily or threateningly.
  3. To utter with anger or hostility:

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  1. To growl viciously while baring the teeth.
  2. To speak angrily or threateningly.
  3. To utter with anger or hostility:

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• scramble

  1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees.
  2. To struggle or contend frantically in order to get something:
  3. To take off with all possible haste, as to intercept enemy aircraft.

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  1. To move or climb hurriedly, especially on the hands and knees.
  2. To struggle or contend frantically in order to get something:
  3. To take off with all possible haste, as to intercept enemy aircraft.

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• muddle

  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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• mess up

  1. To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
  2. To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
  3. To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.

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  1. To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
  2. To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
  3. To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.

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• jumble

  1. To mix in a confused way; throw together carelessly:
  2. To muddle; confuse:
  3. To be mixed in a confused way:

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  1. To mix in a confused way; throw together carelessly:
  2. To muddle; confuse:
  3. To be mixed in a confused way:

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• disorder

  1. A lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion.
  2. A breach of civic order or peace; a public disturbance.
  3. An ailment that affects the function of mind or body:

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  1. A lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion.
  2. A breach of civic order or peace; a public disturbance.
  3. An ailment that affects the function of mind or body:

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• confuse

  1. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.
  2. To cause to feel embarrassment.
  3. To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another:

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  1. To cause to be unable to think with clarity or act with intelligence or understanding; bewilder or perplex.
  2. To cause to feel embarrassment.
  3. To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another:

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• ball up

  1. To crush into a ball shape.
  2. (intransitive) to coil up into a ball.
  3. (intransitive) To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.

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  1. To crush into a ball shape.
  2. (intransitive) to coil up into a ball.
  3. (intransitive) To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.

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To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess

• screw up

  1. a serious mistake; blunder; mess
  2. a person who screws up

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  1. a serious mistake; blunder; mess
  2. a person who screws up

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• louse up

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.

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  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.

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• goof up

  1. (slang) To make a mistake.
  2. (slang) To introduce problems to or damage through incompetence.
  3. (slang) A mistake or problem.

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  1. (slang) To make a mistake.
  2. (slang) To introduce problems to or damage through incompetence.
  3. (slang) A mistake or problem.

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• blow

  1. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
  2. An unexpected shock or calamity.
  3. An unexpected attack; an assault.

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  1. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
  2. An unexpected shock or calamity.
  3. An unexpected attack; an assault.

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• muck up

  1. To ruin unintentionally.
  2. (intransitive) To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.

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  1. To ruin unintentionally.
  2. (intransitive) To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.

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• bollix up

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• spoil

  1. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
  2. To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency.
  3. To plunder; despoil.

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  1. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
  2. To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency.
  3. To plunder; despoil.

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• muff

  1. To perform or handle clumsily or ineptly; bungle.
  2. To fail to make (a catch).
  3. To perform a task clumsily or ineptly.

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  1. To perform or handle clumsily or ineptly; bungle.
  2. To fail to make (a catch).
  3. To perform a task clumsily or ineptly.

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• muddle

  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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• mismanage

  1. To manage badly or carelessly.

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  1. To manage badly or carelessly.

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• mishandle

  1. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage:
  2. To treat roughly; maltreat:

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  1. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage:
  2. To treat roughly; maltreat:

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• mess up

  1. To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
  2. To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
  3. To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.

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  1. To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
  2. To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
  3. To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.

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• gum up

  1. To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin.

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  1. To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin.

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• fumble

  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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• foul-up

  1. A condition of confusion caused by mistakes or poor judgment.
  2. A mechanical failure.

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  1. A condition of confusion caused by mistakes or poor judgment.
  2. A mechanical failure.

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• bungle

  1. To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch.
  2. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.
  3. A clumsy or inept performance; a botch:

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  1. To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch.
  2. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.
  3. A clumsy or inept performance; a botch:

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• botch

  1. To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude:
  2. To repair or mend clumsily or ineptly.
  3. A ruined or defective piece of work:

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  1. To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude:
  2. To repair or mend clumsily or ineptly.
  3. A ruined or defective piece of work:

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• boggle

  1. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.
  2. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment:
  3. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.

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  1. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.
  2. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment:
  3. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.

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• blunder

  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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• ball up

  1. To crush into a ball shape.
  2. (intransitive) to coil up into a ball.
  3. (intransitive) To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.

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  1. To crush into a ball shape.
  2. (intransitive) to coil up into a ball.
  3. (intransitive) To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.

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