mess sth up
— phrasal verb with mess uk/mes/us/mes/verb
to make something dirty or untidy:
Who's messed up the bookshelf?
More examples
- The wind had messed up my hair.
- They had come along and messed up her arrangement.
- I've only just tidied this room and you've messed it up already.
- Who has messed up my sewing box?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Making things dirty & untidy
- blacken
- blot
- clutter
- contaminate
- defile
- dirty
- disarrange
- foul
- mess
- mix
- mix sth up
- muddle
- muddle sth up
- muss
- pollute
- polluter
- soil
- stain
- sully
- tarnish
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