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View synonyms for mishmash

mishmash

[ mish-mahsh, -mash ]

noun

  1. a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.


mishmash

/ ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ /

noun

  1. a confused collection or mixture; hotchpotch


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mishmash1

1425–75; late Middle English; gradational formation based on mash 1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of mishmash1

C15: reduplication of mash

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Example Sentences

“A lot of the critical details in the plot were a mishmash of ideas that made no sense,” astronomer Phil Plait wrote at Slate.

I tried to repair the damage as best I could, but in the end the book was a mishmash of competing ideas with no clear narrative.

The much-bruited report is always a statistical mishmash, full of seasonal adjustment and subject to revision.

As a result, insider trading has been loosely defined through a mishmash of confusing verdicts and precedents.

Her blog, Atlas Shrugs, is a mishmash of her inane views on a wide range of social and political issues.

I dislike grand opera as a miserable mishmash of styles, compromises, and arrant ugliness.

He spoke very politely in a mishmash of Servian and Italian.

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