messy
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1.0
- adjective
- /ˈmɛsi/
- His desk is always messy, filled with papers and unorganized supplies.
- messy and smelly
- leave the room messy
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Watch on YouTubeAnd it'll be one big fat, messy, ugly paragraph.
- And it'll be one big fat, messy, ugly paragraph.
- It's my desk in its messiest state ever.
- So it was all just a messy, not a good situation.
- If you're giving out messy food, give extra napkins.
- Like there's just so much that can make things messy, OK.
- And then he posted the video, knowing how messy that was.
- I said, ah, my, my house is so messy right now.
- It was messy and interesting and weird and.
Examples
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It's amazing how it could get so messy in just a night.
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Seemed like it was quite a messy divorce process.
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But that leads to a very messy situation.
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I think you can kind of see how messy this is.
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Putting a strategy into action is a difficult and messy challenge for a president.
Academic text (2011) -
Reality, as is often the case, lies somewhere in this messy middle ground.
Academic text (2011) -
Oh, I'm sorry it's so messy.
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However, the real world is always far more messy and complex than our theories and expectations about it.
Academic text (2001) -
New York's this big, messy place.
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My kids see me as flawed, messy, and imperfect.
Synonyms
446
1.0
Not clean or covered with dirt
170
2.0
Untidy and done without care
115
1.5
Very dirty and covered with mud or dirt
37
3.1
Not in a clear order or plan
35
3.0
Covered with rubbish and other things in an untidy way
28
3.0
Full of too many things so it looks messy
26
2.5
Not clean because it has mud or grease on it
19
6.1
Having messy hair, clothes, or things around them
18
3.8
Mixed together in a confused and untidy way
12
5.1
Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes
12
4.5
Not arranged in a clear or tidy way
11
1.0
Not neat, with things like papers or clothes left around
5
7.0
Dirty and untidy, often wet after being in rain or mud
5
1.6
Something that is untidy and not in order
1
4.5
A place or thing that is untidy and not in order
1
7.4
Untidy and dirty, with things out of place
1
3.7
Covered all over with dirt or mud
1
7.4
Messy and untidy in how a person or place looks
1
8.2
Having hair or fabric that is messy and stuck together in clumps
1
9.9
Dirty and messy, with things in the wrong places
Antonyms
How Messy
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Messy comes from the noun mess, which long ago meant a 'meal' or the place where people ate, and those places often became untidy, so mess came to mean 'a lot of disorder'. The ending -y turns it into an adjective, so messy means 'dirty or untidy'.