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omnishambles

/ˈɒmniˌʃæmbəlz/

omnishambles noun: a situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.

Noun

omnishambles (plural omnishambles)

  1. (UK, informal) A situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.
    • Near-synonyms: clusterfuck, debacle, fiasco, hot mess, perfect storm, shit show, shitstorm
    • Between the car accident, the food poisoning and the lost keys, the holiday was an omnishambles.

omnishambles meaning in Tamil

omnishambles in Tamil

முற்றழிவு

Synonyms of omnishambles

Forms of omnishambles

pluralomnishambles

Origin of omnishambles

From omni- + shambles. Introduced by the television show The Thick of It in 2009.

Questions about omnishambles

What does omnishambles mean?
Omnishambles means a situation that is bad or mismanaged in every way.
What is omnishambles in Tamil?
Omnishambles in Tamil is முற்றழிவு. See Omnishambles meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is omnishambles?
Omnishambles is a noun.
How do you pronounce omnishambles?
Omnishambles is pronounced /ˈɒmniˌʃæmbəlz/.
What is the plural of omnishambles?
The plural of omnishambles is omnishambles.

Words near omnishambles in the dictionary

  1. omnisentience
  2. omnisentient
  3. omnisexual
  4. omnisexuality
  5. omnisexually
  6. omnishambles
  7. omnishambolic
  8. omnisignificance
  9. omnisignificant
  10. omnism
  11. omnisms

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Adapted from Wiktionary: omnishambles (page history and authors); omnishambles (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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