mess

1 of 2

noun

ˈmes

: a quantity of food:

archaic : food set on a table at one time

: a prepared dish of soft food

also : a mixture of ingredients cooked or eaten together

: enough food of a specified kind for a dish or a meal

picked a mess of peas for dinner

: a group of persons who regularly take their meals together

every officer with a unit … is obliged to belong to a mess

S. G. Maurice

also : a meal so taken

: a place where meals are regularly served to a group : mess hall

The soldiers marched to the mess for breakfast.

: a disordered, untidy, offensive, or unpleasant state or condition

your room is in a mess

: one that is disordered, untidy, offensive, or unpleasant usually because of blundering, laxity, or misconduct

[the movie] is a mess, as sloppy in concept as it is in execution

Judith Crist

: a large quantity or number

They're in a mess of trouble.

mess

2 of 2

verb

messed; messing; messes

transitive verb

: to provide with meals at a mess

: to make dirty or untidy : disarrange

—often used with up

don't mess up your room

: to mix up : bungle

—often used with up

really messed up my life

: to interfere with

—often used with up

magnetic storms that mess up communications — Time

: to rough up : manhandle

—often used with up

mess him up good so he won't cheat us again

intransitive verb

: to take meals with a mess

: to make a mess

: putter, trifle

children like to mess around with paints

: to handle or play with something especially carelessly

don't mess with my camera

—often used with around

: to take an active interest in something or someone

messing around with new video techniques

also : interfere, meddle

messing in other people's affairs

you'd better not mess with me

: to become confused or make an error

—usually used with up

Example Sentences

Noun He was a mess after gardening all day. My hair is a mess. Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten me into! How do we get ourselves into these messes? The school system is a mess. Things were a real mess for a while after she retired. My life is a complete mess. She was a real mess for a while after her divorce. He was a mess during his daughter's wedding ceremony. Verb please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate See More

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

Counseling produced a whole mess of ghosts and goblins from her youth, and then finally came the big one.

Annie Lane, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 Using the wrong one can leave you with a splotchy mess on your hands and potentially ruin items.

Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2022 Make mac and cheese with less mess, thanks to help from a muffin tin.

Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2022 Instead of using soil, the six-pod Harvest garden supplies a nutrient-rich solution directly to the plant’s roots, which will save you from the hassle and mess of growing indoors with soil.

Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 8 Sep. 2022 Yannick Ngakoue, DeForest Buckner, Kwity Paye and Dayo Odeyingbo beat up a mess of a Raiders offensive line to make Chris Ballard one happy man after the win.

Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2022 Craig Conover makes a small but expensive mess in the upcoming episode of Southern Charm.

Tommy Mcardle, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022 This compact hydroponic garden (which comes with six herb seed packets) supplies a nutrient-rich solution directly to a plant’s roots, which will save your recipient from the hassle and mess of growing indoors with soil.

Corinne Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 7 Sep. 2022 And yet, despite the line’s hot-mess potential, there are reasons to believe this team can survive and thrive in the process.

Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2022

Verb

Locker set out to create the House of Paragon as White had imagined, a place where everyone is supportive, has a place to grow and is not afraid to mess up, Locker said.

Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 And, of course, just what did Doctor Strange do now to mess everything up so bad?

Graeme Mcmillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2022 There’s always the question of whether trade rumors will mess up team chemistry.

Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 This way, no one else could connect and mess with things.

Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 Staying focused and making sure not to mess up who breaks which pane could make the difference between winning and losing here.

Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 July 2022 When spies mess up in the British intelligence services, they get sent to Slough House, the setting of this misanthropic drama starring Gary Oldman.

Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022 Google could make using these tools much clearer, but even still only a fraction of its users will ever mess with its default settings.

Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 Ostensibly a game for organization freaks, A Little to the Left asks players to tidy up by arranging books, game cartridges, spoons, lampshades, and more into nice, neat arrangements, all while a mischievous cat tries to mess things up again.

Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 June 2022 See More

Kids Definition

mess 1 of 2

noun

ˈmes

: a dirty or untidy state

They left things in a mess.

: something in a dirty or untidy state

Your hair is a mess.

: a difficult situation

How do you get into these messes?

: a group of people (as military personnel) who regularly eat together

: a place (as in the military) where meals are served

mess

2 of 2

verb

messed; messing

: to make dirty or untidy

They messed the place up.

: to make mistakes in or mix up

She messed up the speech.

: to become confused or make an error

I messed up the first time.

: to use or do in an aimless way

I messed around on the computer all afternoon.

: to handle in a careless way

Stop messing with my camera.

: to deal with in a way that may cause anger or trouble

Don't mess with them.

messes 1 of 2

noun

plural of mess

as in jumbles

a state in which everything is out of order the bachelor party had left the house in a total mess

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

jumbles
confusions
hells
havoc
tangles
muddles
chaoses
disorders
shambles
clutters
disarrays
hecks
disarrangements
disorganizations
tumbles
musses
snake pits
snarls
riots
mazes
welters
anarchies
free-for-alls
mares' nests
dishevelments
misorders
misrules
labyrinths
mare's nests
shuffles
chance-medleys
maelstroms
storms
webs
litters
hodgepodges
knots
mishmashes
morasses
bollixes
motleys
medleys
miscellanies

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

systems
methods
plans
orders
patterns

as in meals

food eaten or prepared for eating at one time a mess of oatmeal

Synonyms & Similar Words

meals
menus
feeds
tables
feasts
dinners
lunches
refections
repasts
snacks
chow
banquets
bites
tastes
buffets
suppers
breakfasts
boards
servings
bakes
refreshments
teas
gulps
collations
smorgasbords
picnics
morsels
fries
luncheons
roasts
barbecues
potlucks
clambakes
spreads
cookouts
regales
fry-ups
barbeques
luaus

as in horrors

something unpleasant to look at the car was a mess after the accident

Synonyms & Similar Words

horrors
sights
frights
stains
smudges
eyesores
monstrosities
hideosities
spots
smears
blots
eye-catchers

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

visions

as in loads

a considerable amount an unexpected Super Bowl loss that unleashed a whole mess of finger-pointing and second-guessing

Synonyms & Similar Words

loads
piles
tons
deals
chunks
quantities
lots
slews
bunches
plenties
wealths
bundles
stacks
dozens
hundred
hundreds
masses
rafts
dozen
heaps
abundances
gobs
myriads
buckets
much
scads
wads
volumes
oodles
multiplicities
platefuls
profusions
good deals
pots
fistfuls
boatloads
basketfuls
mountains
barrels
packs
pecks
potfuls
reams
plagues
sheaves
bushels
yards
truckloads
spates
shiploads
excesses
sights
carloads
stores
rashes
embarrassments
floods
lashins
basketsful
quite a bit
lashings
plenitudes
passels
all kinds (of)
plentitudes
surpluses
overflows
epidemics
redundancies
multitudes
thousands
millions
seas
swarms
overkills
bonanzas
oversupplies
overages
superfluities
surfeits
deluges
trillions
superabundances
overmuch
scores
armies
flocks
throngs
zillions
crushes
crowds
hosts
hordes
crams
million
bevies
legions
overabundances
herds
plethoras
gazillions
mobs
droves
presses
jillions
kazillions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

shadows
streaks
spots
touches
crumbs
specks
fragments
particles
tastes
strains
bits
molecules
suspicions
scruples
licks
scraps
traces
mouthfuls
dots
hints
shades
grains
little
ounces
sprinkles
pinches
shreds
atoms
flecks
granules
mites
peanuts
rays
sprinklings
nips
driblets
glimmers
aces
drams
dabs
flyspecks
sections
drops
pieces
dashes
pittances
portions
nubbins
motes
deficiencies
shots
inadequacies
smidgens
handsful
smidges
morsels
smidgeons
handfuls
shortages
deficits
jots
absences
wants
lacks
modicums
whits
smidgins
smatterings
iotas
tittles
scintillas
smatters
insufficiencies
famines
scarcities
poverties
undersupplies
paucities
dearths

messes

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of mess

as in interferes

to interest oneself in what is not one's concern please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate

Synonyms & Similar Words

interferes
snoops
pokes
meddles
butts in
intervenes
obtrudes
noses
intrudes
intermeddles
interlopes
fools
mucks (about or around)
trespasses
pries
invades
fiddles
intercedes
monkeys
encroaches
plays
tampers
interposes
infringes
chisels (in)
barges (in)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

avoids
ignores
neglects
shuns
disregards
overlooks
eschews

单词	messes
释义	mess 1 of 2 noun ˈmes 1 : a quantity of food: a archaic : food set on a table at one time b : a prepared dish of soft food also : a mixture of ingredients cooked or eaten together c : enough food of a specified kind for a dish or a meal picked a mess of peas for dinner 2 a : a group of persons who regularly take their meals together every officer with a unit … is obliged to belong to a mess S. G. Maurice also : a meal so taken b : a place where meals are regularly served to a group : mess hall The soldiers marched to the mess for breakfast. 3 a : a disordered, untidy, offensive, or unpleasant state or condition your room is in a mess b : one that is disordered, untidy, offensive, or unpleasant usually because of blundering, laxity, or misconduct [the movie] is a mess, as sloppy in concept as it is in execution Judith Crist 4 : a large quantity or number They're in a mess of trouble. mess 2 of 2 verb messed; messing; messes transitive verb 1 : to provide with meals at a mess 2 a : to make dirty or untidy : disarrange —often used with up don't mess up your room b : to mix up : bungle —often used with up really messed up my life 3 : to interfere with —often used with up magnetic storms that mess up communications — Time 4 : to rough up : manhandle —often used with up mess him up good so he won't cheat us again intransitive verb 1 : to take meals with a mess 2 : to make a mess 3 a : putter, trifle children like to mess around with paints b : to handle or play with something especially carelessly don't mess with my camera —often used with around c : to take an active interest in something or someone messing around with new video techniques also : interfere, meddle messing in other people's affairs you'd better not mess with me 4 : to become confused or make an error —usually used with up Synonyms Noun chance-medley chaos confusion disarrangement disarray dishevelment disorder disorderedness disorderliness disorganization free-for-all havoc heck hell jumble mare's nest messiness misorder muddle muss shambles snake pit tumble welter Verb butt in interfere interlope intermeddle intrude meddle muck (about or around) nose obtrude poke pry snoop See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Noun He was a mess after gardening all day. My hair is a mess. Well, that's another fine mess you've gotten me into! How do we get ourselves into these messes? The school system is a mess. Things were a real mess for a while after she retired. My life is a complete mess. She was a real mess for a while after her divorce. He was a mess during his daughter's wedding ceremony. Verb please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate See More Recent Examples on the Web Noun Counseling produced a whole mess of ghosts and goblins from her youth, and then finally came the big one. Annie Lane, cleveland, 10 Sep. 2022 Using the wrong one can leave you with a splotchy mess on your hands and potentially ruin items. Camryn Rabideau, Popular Mechanics, 9 Sep. 2022 Make mac and cheese with less mess, thanks to help from a muffin tin. Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2022 Instead of using soil, the six-pod Harvest garden supplies a nutrient-rich solution directly to the plant’s roots, which will save you from the hassle and mess of growing indoors with soil. Corinne Sullivan, Woman's Day, 8 Sep. 2022 Yannick Ngakoue, DeForest Buckner, Kwity Paye and Dayo Odeyingbo beat up a mess of a Raiders offensive line to make Chris Ballard one happy man after the win. Nate Atkins, The Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2022 Craig Conover makes a small but expensive mess in the upcoming episode of Southern Charm. Tommy Mcardle, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2022 This compact hydroponic garden (which comes with six herb seed packets) supplies a nutrient-rich solution directly to a plant’s roots, which will save your recipient from the hassle and mess of growing indoors with soil. Corinne Sullivan, Good Housekeeping, 7 Sep. 2022 And yet, despite the line’s hot-mess potential, there are reasons to believe this team can survive and thrive in the process. Michael Silver, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Sep. 2022 Verb Locker set out to create the House of Paragon as White had imagined, a place where everyone is supportive, has a place to grow and is not afraid to mess up, Locker said. Jonmaesha Beltran, The Arizona Republic, 12 Aug. 2022 And, of course, just what did Doctor Strange do now to mess everything up so bad? Graeme Mcmillan, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 May 2022 There’s always the question of whether trade rumors will mess up team chemistry. Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 24 Aug. 2022 This way, no one else could connect and mess with things. Wired, 13 Aug. 2022 Staying focused and making sure not to mess up who breaks which pane could make the difference between winning and losing here. Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 28 July 2022 When spies mess up in the British intelligence services, they get sent to Slough House, the setting of this misanthropic drama starring Gary Oldman. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 13 July 2022 Google could make using these tools much clearer, but even still only a fraction of its users will ever mess with its default settings. Geoffrey A. Fowler, Washington Post, 1 July 2022 Ostensibly a game for organization freaks, A Little to the Left asks players to tidy up by arranging books, game cartridges, spoons, lampshades, and more into nice, neat arrangements, all while a mischievous cat tries to mess things up again. Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 18 June 2022 See More Word History Etymology Noun and Verb Middle English mes, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin missus course at a meal, from missus, past participle of mittere to put, from Latin, to send — more at smite First Known Use Noun 14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1 Phrases Containing mess make a mess of mess about with (something) hot mess mess around mess hall mess around with (something) mess jacket mess over mess kit mess with someone's mind/head mess with mess (something or someone) up mess about a mess of pottage mess up See More make a mess of mess about with (something) hot mess mess around mess hall mess around with (something) mess jacket mess over mess kit mess with someone's mind/head mess with mess (something or someone) up mess about a mess of pottage mess up See More Kids Definition mess 1 of 2 noun ˈmes 1 : a dirty or untidy state They left things in a mess. 2 : something in a dirty or untidy state Your hair is a mess. 3 : a difficult situation How do you get into these messes? 4 : a group of people (as military personnel) who regularly eat together 5 : a place (as in the military) where meals are served mess 2 of 2 verb messed; messing 1 : to make dirty or untidy They messed the place up. 2 : to make mistakes in or mix up She messed up the speech. 3 : to become confused or make an error I messed up the first time. 4 : to use or do in an aimless way I messed around on the computer all afternoon. 5 : to handle in a careless way Stop messing with my camera. 6 : to deal with in a way that may cause anger or trouble Don't mess with them. messes 1 of 2 noun plural of mess 1 as in jumbles a state in which everything is out of order the bachelor party had left the house in a total mess Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance jumbles confusions hells havoc tangles muddles chaoses disorders shambles clutters disarrays hecks disarrangements disorganizations tumbles musses snake pits snarls riots mazes welters anarchies free-for-alls mares' nests dishevelments misorders misrules labyrinths mare's nests shuffles chance-medleys maelstroms storms webs litters hodgepodges knots mishmashes morasses bollixes motleys medleys miscellanies Antonyms & Near Antonyms systems methods plans orders patterns 2 as in meals food eaten or prepared for eating at one time a mess of oatmeal Synonyms & Similar Words meals menus feeds tables feasts dinners lunches refections repasts snacks chow banquets bites tastes buffets suppers breakfasts boards servings bakes refreshments teas gulps collations smorgasbords picnics morsels fries luncheons roasts barbecues potlucks clambakes spreads cookouts regales fry-ups barbeques luaus 3 as in horrors something unpleasant to look at the car was a mess after the accident Synonyms & Similar Words horrors sights frights stains smudges eyesores monstrosities hideosities spots smears blots eye-catchers Antonyms & Near Antonyms visions 4 as in loads a considerable amount an unexpected Super Bowl loss that unleashed a whole mess of finger-pointing and second-guessing Synonyms & Similar Words loads piles tons deals chunks quantities lots slews bunches plenties wealths bundles stacks dozens hundred hundreds masses rafts dozen heaps abundances gobs myriads buckets much scads wads volumes oodles multiplicities platefuls profusions good deals pots fistfuls boatloads basketfuls mountains barrels packs pecks potfuls reams plagues sheaves bushels yards truckloads spates shiploads excesses sights carloads stores rashes embarrassments floods lashins basketsful quite a bit lashings plenitudes passels all kinds (of) plentitudes surpluses overflows epidemics redundancies multitudes thousands millions seas swarms overkills bonanzas oversupplies overages superfluities surfeits deluges trillions superabundances overmuch scores armies flocks throngs zillions crushes crowds hosts hordes crams million bevies legions overabundances herds plethoras gazillions mobs droves presses jillions kazillions Antonyms & Near Antonyms shadows streaks spots touches crumbs specks fragments particles tastes strains bits molecules suspicions scruples licks scraps traces mouthfuls dots hints shades grains little ounces sprinkles pinches shreds atoms flecks granules mites peanuts rays sprinklings nips driblets glimmers aces drams dabs flyspecks sections drops pieces dashes pittances portions nubbins motes deficiencies shots inadequacies smidgens handsful smidges morsels smidgeons handfuls shortages deficits jots absences wants lacks modicums whits smidgins smatterings iotas tittles scintillas smatters insufficiencies famines scarcities poverties undersupplies paucities dearths See More messes 2 of 2 verb present tense third-person singular of mess as in interferes to interest oneself in what is not one's concern please don't mess with me while I'm trying to concentrate Synonyms & Similar Words interferes snoops pokes meddles butts in intervenes obtrudes noses intrudes intermeddles interlopes fools mucks (about or around) trespasses pries invades fiddles intercedes monkeys encroaches plays tampers interposes infringes chisels (in) barges (in) Antonyms & Near Antonyms avoids ignores neglects shuns disregards overlooks eschews See More
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