Mess

Quick meaning: Mess is a noun meaning a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation.

Meaning

a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation.

More Meanings

1. (colloquial) a large quantity or number
2. (euphemistic) excrement.
3. (figuratively) a person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck
4. (transitive, often with "up") To make untidy or dirty.
5. (transitive, often with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin.
6. (intransitive) To interfere.
7. (obsolete) Mass; a church service.

Example Sentences

He made a mess of it.

There was dog mess all along the street.

My bedroom is such a mess; I need to tidy up.

Messerschmidts! A whole mess of Messerschmidts!

Word Forms

• messes
• messing
• messed

Synonyms for mess

Depending on context, synonyms include disorder, bedlam, chaos, confusion, disarray, disorganization.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include mess up, muddle, messiness, muss, mussiness, wad.

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