hugger-mugger English

Meaning hugger-mugger meaning

What does hugger-mugger mean?

hugger-mugger

— adverb in secrecy they did it all hugger-mugger

— noun a state of confusion he engaged in the hugger-mugger of international finance

— adjective (= disorderly) in utter disorder a disorderly pile of clothes

— adjective (= clandestine, cloak-and-dagger, hole-and-corner, secret, surreptitious, undercover, underground) conducted with or marked by hidden aims or methods clandestine intelligence operations cloak-and-dagger activities behind enemy lines hole-and-corner intrigue secret missions a secret agent secret sales of arms surreptitious mobilization of troops an undercover investigation underground resistance

Synonyms hugger-mugger synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as hugger-mugger?

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topsy-turvy

secret

higgledy-piggledy

hole-and-corner

disorderly

cloak-and-dagger

clandestine

upset

underground

undercover

surreptitious

littered

jumbled

in secret

hush-hush

disordered

confusion

cluttered

awry

secretly

secretive

secrecy

puzzledly

perturbation

mystery

mysteriously

mysterious

inscrutably

hush up

helter-skelter

fuss

furtive

disorganized

disorder

covert

conspiration

conspiracy

confused

conceal

cagy

backstairs

backstair

abashment