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cluttered

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clut·ter  (kltr)
n.
1. A confused or disordered state or collection; a jumble: sorted through the clutter in the attic.
2. A confused noise; a clatter.
v. clut·tered, clut·ter·ing, clut·ters
v.tr.
1. To fill or spread over in a disorderly manner: Boxes cluttered the garage.
2. To make disorderly or hard to use by filling or covering with objects: I cluttered up my desk with old memos.
v.intr.
1. To run or move with bustle and confusion.
2. To make a clatter.

[Probably from Middle English cloteren, to clot, from clot, lump, from Old English clott.]
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Adj.1.cluttered - filled or scattered with a disorderly accumulation of objects or rubbish; "the storm left the drivewaylittered with sticks nd debris"; "his library was a cluttered room with piles of books on every chair"
untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money"

cluttered
adjective untidy, confused, disordered, littered, messy, muddled, jumbled, disarrayed She dreaded going into that cluttered room.
Translations
cluttered [ˈklʌtərd] adjencombré(e)


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Many were the doubtful looks cast upon the heap of miscellaneous material that now cluttered the roof, and finally the Scarecrow shook his head and remarked:
Mighty soon we'll have the cave so cluttered up with women, and fellows waiting to be ransomed, that there won't be no place for the rob- bers.
Martin's first impression was of the disorder and cluttered confusion of the room.
 
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