Messy
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adjective.
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adjective.
Disorderly and dirty.
adjective.
Given to making messes; not neat or organized.
adjective.
Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness.
adjective.
Unpleasantly difficult to settle or resolve.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
In a state of mess, confusion, ordirtiness; making a mess; littered or littering; untidy.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
adjective.
in a
disorderly
state;
chaotic
; disorderly.
adjective.
prone to causing
mess
.
adjective.
difficult or unpleasant to
deal with
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adjective.
dirty and disorderly
Word Usage
"What we need instead is what I describe as messy coherence, a sense of direction with with requisite diversity."
Antonyms
Words with the opposite meaning
neat
orderly
Equivalent
untidy
Form
messily
messiness
Rhyme
Words with the same terminal sound
Bessie
Bessy
Essie
Jesse
Jessie
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
Embarrass
awkward
chaotic
confuse
distasteful
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
beat-up
bedraggled
blowzy
botched
bungling
variant
Messier
messiest