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Synonyms for helter-skelter
Grammar : Adj, adv |
Spell : hel-ter-skel-ter |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɛl tərˈskɛl tər |
Top 10 synonyms for helter-skelter Other synonyms for the word helter-skelter
- around
- at random
- carelessly
- cluttered
- confused
- disorderly
- hastily
- higgledy-piggledy
- hit or miss
- hit-or-miss
- hotfoot
- hurriedly
- hurry-scurry
- impetuously
- in confusion
- in disorder
- incautiously
- incontinently
- irregular
- muddled
- pell-mell
- random
- randomly
- rashly
- recklessly
- slapdash
- topsy-turvy
- tumultous/tumultuous
- unmindfully
- wildly
Définition of helter-skelter
Origin :- also helter skelter, 1590s, perhaps from skelte "to hasten, scatter hurriedly," with the first element there merely for the sake of rhyme. As an adjective from 1785.
- adj with undue hurry and confusion
- adv carelessly, confused
- Nobody but he could have twisted and turned in such a helter-skelter fashion.
- Extract from : « The Tale of Kiddie Katydid » by Arthur Scott Bailey
- Sometimes, but not very often, she threw them helter-skelter about the room.
- Extract from : « The Good Soldier » by Ford Madox Ford
- I only know we ran quickly, helter-skelter, back home, back to Mazapevka.
- Extract from : « Jewish Children » by Sholem Naumovich Rabinovich
- But this cannot be done by helter-skelter or haphazard administration.
- Extract from : « The Indian Question (1874) » by Francis A. Walker
- She flung off her coat in a helter-skelter way, and rolled up her sleeves.
- Extract from : « A Spoil of Office » by Hamlin Garland
- There has never been about them the slightest trace of hustle or helter-skelter.
- Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 150, June 7, 1916 » by Various
- And how did the incubators and the helter-skelter and the midgets suit the taste of ye?'
- Extract from : « Sixes and Sevens » by O. Henry
- Helter-skelter the men rushed out, Tony and his mates in front.
- Extract from : « Colonial Born » by G. Firth Scott
- Helter-skelter, anyhow, without regard to order or precedence.
- Extract from : « The Slang Dictionary » by John Camden Hotten
- In the helter-skelter to the rear he had escaped by the Rossville road.
- Extract from : « Recollections of the Civil War » by Charles A. Dana
Antonyms for helter-skelter
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