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View synonyms for mare's-nest
mare's-nest
[ mairz-nest ]
noun
- something imagined to be an extraordinary discovery but proving to be a delusion or a hoax:
The announced cure for the disease was merely another mare's-nest.
- an extremely confused, entangled, or disordered place, situation, etc.:
We just moved in, and the place is a mare's-nest.
mare's-nest
noun
- a discovery imagined to be important but proving worthless
- a disordered situation
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Word History and Origins
Origin of mare's-nest1
First recorded in 1610–20
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Example Sentences
Mr. MacCarthys precious discovery is a mares-nest for the cynical reader to chuckle over.
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It was plain that some tale of Ruths mares nest had been circulated.
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