mishmash

[ mish-mahsh, -mash ]

noun

1. a confused mess; hodgepodge; jumble.

mishmash

/ ˈmɪʃˌmæʃ /

noun

1. a confused collection or mixture; hotchpotch

Word History and Origins

Origin of mishmash¹

1425–75; late Middle English; gradational formation based on mash ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of mishmash¹

C15: reduplication of mash

Example Sentences

The dreamlike mishmash of religious iconography and in-your-face motherhood imagery that Belinda witnesses in ghostly visions reads as derivative and unoriginal.

From Los Angeles Times

An insipid mishmash of trite genre tropes, “Borderlands” is devoid of any real edge.

From Los Angeles Times

He answered with a bizarre mishmash of words about "supplementing" with something "open and humane" and people voting on it that made no sense whatsoever.

From Salon

Yes, because this Kristen Wiig vehicle was an epic disappointment, a cartoonish slog, a mishmash of tones that might have worked if it had ever picked an approach and stuck with it.

From Los Angeles Times

“When George comes back, he’s haute fashion, beyond fashion. All the other boys are wearing a mishmash of Elizabethan or early Jacobean,” says Symons.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• jumble
• patchwork