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- [mey-hem, mey-uh m]
- /ˈmeɪ hɛm, ˈmeɪ əm/
- /ˈmeɪ.hem/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mey-hem, mey-uh m]
- /ˈmeɪ hɛm, ˈmeɪ əm/
Definitions of mayhem word
- noun mayhem Law. the crime of willfully inflicting a bodily injury on another so as to make the victim less capable of self-defense or, under modern statutes, so as to cripple or mutilate the victim. 1
- noun mayhem random or deliberate violence or damage. 1
- noun mayhem a state of rowdy disorder: Antagonisms between the various factions at the meeting finally boiled over, and mayhem ensued. 1
- noun mayhem Violent or damaging disorder; chaos. 1
- noun mayhem disorder, chaos 1
- uncountable noun mayhem You use mayhem to refer to a situation that is not controlled or ordered, when people are behaving in a disorganized, confused, and often violent way. 0
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Origin of mayhem
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English maheym, maim < Anglo-French mahe(i)m, mahaim < Germanic; akin to Middle High German meidem gelding, Old Norse meitha to injure. See maim
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Parts of speech for Mayhem
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mayhem popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 78% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mayhem usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mayhem
noun mayhem
- violence — swift and intense force: the violence of a storm.
- commotion — A commotion is a lot of noise, confusion, and excitement.
- havoc — great destruction or devastation; ruinous damage.
- pandemonium — wild uproar or unrestrained disorder; tumult or chaos.
- fracas — a noisy, disorderly disturbance or fight; riotous brawl; uproar.
verb mayhem
- gimp — a limp.
- hogtie — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
- maim — to deprive of the use of some part of the body by wounding or the like; cripple: The explosion maimed him for life.
- hacked — to place (something) on a hack, as for drying or feeding.
- hacking — a rack for drying food, as fish.
Antonyms for mayhem
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