What does shambles mean?
Shambles means (countable, uncountable) A scene of great disorder or ruin..
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/ˈʃæmbəlz/ · noun
(countable, uncountable) A scene of great disorder or ruin..
Considering my life's in shambles right now, couldn't you at least take the blame?
This bedroom is a shambles.
Whatsoever is sold in the shambles, that eat, asking no question for conscience sake.
As to our City of Dublin, Shambles may be appointed for this purpoſe, in the moſt convenient parts of it, and Butchers vve may be aſſured vvill not be vvanting, […]
Use shambles when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Shambles means (countable, uncountable) A scene of great disorder or ruin..
Common synonyms include abattoir, butchery, slaughterhouse.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Considering my life's in shambles right now, couldn't you at least take the blame?
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