Synonyms for pellmell
| Grammar : Adj, adv, noun |
| Spell : pel-mel |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛlˈmɛl |
Top 10 synonyms for pellmell
- anyhow
- anywise
- around
- at once
- at random
- ataxia
- breakneck
- chaos
- chaotic
- clutter
- cluttered
- cockeyed
- confused
- confusedly
- confusion
- directly
- disarranged
- disarray
- disarrayed
- disheveled
- disjointed
- dislocated
- disordered
- disorderly
- disorganized
- double-quick
- downside-up
- expeditious
- ferment
- flat-out
- fleet
- fleetly
- foolishly
- full tilt
- haphazard
- hastily
- hasty
- headlong
- heedlessly
- helter-skelter
- higgledy-piggledy
- hit-or-miss
- hotfoot
- huddle
- hurriedly
- impetuously
- in all directions
- in confusion
- incautiously
- incontinently
- indiscreetly
- inside-out
- inverted
- irregular
- jumbled
- lickety-split
- littered
- luxated
- messy
- muddle
- muddled
- overturned
- pandemonium
- pell-mell
- posthaste
- precipitiously
- promptly
- pronto
- purposelessly
- quick
- quickly
- random
- randomly
- rapid
- rapidly
- rashly
- recklessly
- riotous
- snarl
- speedily
- speedy
- straightaway
- swift
- swiftly
- thoughtlessly
- topsy-turvy
- tumult
- tumultous/tumultuous
- turmoil
- unhinged
- unmindfully
- untidy
- upended
- upheaval
- upside-down
- upturned
Définition of pellmell
Origin :- "confusedly," 1570s, from Middle French pêle-mêle, from Old French pesle mesle (12c.), apparently a jingling rhyme on the second element, which is from the stem of the verb mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle). Phonetic French form pelly melly is attested in English from mid-15c.
- As in pell-mell : adj disordered
- As in topsy-turvy : adj mixed-up
- As in pell-mell : adv hurriedly and carelessly
- As in posthaste : adv fast
- As in blindly : adv without direction, purpose
- As in confusedly : adv in a confused manner
- As in helter-skelter : adv carelessly, confused
- As in pell-mell : noun disorder
- Through the gates of the palisade now came, pellmell, the crowd without.
- Extract from : « To Have and To Hold » by Mary Johnston
- Pack my things, throw them in helter skelter, pellmell, all in a heap.
- Extract from : « Polly the Pagan » by Isabel Anderson
- Then with a strong pull he hauled her half out of the saddle, pellmell into his arms.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Canyon » by Zane Grey
- Young voices trembled in affright, people rushed about in haste, pellmell.
- Extract from : « Mother » by Maksim Gorky
- Woman's Rights were pretty well represented in that pellmell.
- Extract from : « Modern Leaders: Being a Series of Biographical Sketches » by Justin McCarthy
- Dashing into the stockade, he hardly paused as he snatched up the lamp, and went on pellmell for the hut.
- Extract from : « With Wolseley to Kumasi » by F.S. Brereton
- A stream of it, dazzling them almost to blindness and sending them, one and all, pellmell back upon each other!
- Extract from : « Dark Hollow » by Anna Katherine Green
- And pellmell, hobbling and shouting and straining, all the ragged company strung out after.
- Extract from : « The Pike's Peak Rush » by Edwin L. Sabin
- On they came, crimson-faced, mouths open, British and Americans in a pellmell rush like a rally of boys at football.
- Extract from : « Wild Justice: Stories of the South Seas » by Lloyd Osbourne
- Pellmell across the street swarmed the little fellows, each bound to get there first.
- Extract from : « Sure Pop and the Safety Scouts » by Roy Rutherford Bailey
Antonyms for pellmell
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