pell-mell English

Meaning pell-mell meaning

What does pell-mell mean?

pell-mell

— adverb (= harum-scarum) in a wild or reckless manner dashing harum-scarum all over the place running pell-mell up the stairs

— adjective (= helter-skelter) with undue hurry and confusion a helter-skelter kind of existence with never a pause a pell-mell dash for the train

Synonyms pell-mell synonyms

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pell-mell English » English

topsy-turvy

helter-skelter

disorderly

confused

medley

harum-scarum

woolly

unbitted

tangled

slam-bang

silly

semiconscious

rush

quickly

perplexed

orgiastic

noncontrolled

muddle

mixed

miscellaneous

messy

mess

junk

incoherent

in great disorder

in confusion

hurriedly

hectic

groggy

fuzzy

frenetically

feverish

disorganised

confusion

confusing

confusedly

complicated

busy

bustling

befuddled

at random

amuck

addled