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US
/ˈmɛs/
]
[ UK /mˈɛs/ ]
[ UK /mˈɛs/ ]
VERB
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make a mess of or create disorder in
He messed up his room - eat in a mess hall
NOUN
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soft semiliquid food
a mess of porridge -
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
a batch of letters
a slew of journalists
a lot of money
a wad of money
it must have cost plenty
a deal of trouble
he made a mint on the stock market - a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
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a state of confusion and disorderliness
the house was a mess
she smoothed the mussiness of the bed - a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
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informal terms for a difficult situation
he made a muddle of his marriage
he got into a terrible fix
How To Use mess In A Sentence
- Ithome, a new capital which they called Messene (370 B.C.). The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 10: Mass Music-Newman
- Thanks to her doctor’s recommendations she finds herself feeling decafargic by noon. cardiacpopups – the messages that popup on your computer when you are in the middle of an important project and warn you that your computer is about to conk out. on 07 Sep 2007 at 5: 52 pm Kimberly defurrify – to remove pet hair/dander from a person or thing on 07 Sep 2007 at 6: 12 pm Heather Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Writer Unboxed’s CONTEST, CONTEST!
- Davis looked up and gave a signal of approval, and after a quick bow, the pair of messengers was gone.
- Espion subscribers also get neat features like text messaging, and can receive promotional messages offering them shopping discounts and club invites.
- If slipping into your jammies and turning off the lights isn't enough to give you mental refreshment, or if stress and anxiety leave your brain a mess, try one of these mental-acuity agents.
- The Holy Alliance was the joint labour of an unfortunate man who had suffered a terrible mental shock and who was trying to pacify his much-disturbed soul, and of an ambitious woman who after a wasted life had lost her beauty and her attraction and who satisfied her vanity and her desire for notoriety by assuming the rôle of self-appointed Messiah of a new and strange creed. The Story of Mankind
- He pulled the hood of his sweatshirt over his head, messing his already messy black hair.
- I am three and a half and I get fed up when I go for walks with my Mummy because the pavements are always so messy because of dog poo.
- The batwing sleeves and column shape flattered, but her messy hair and heavy make-up could have been more refined. The Sun
- But the omelet was not just on the anchors 'faces, the omelet was a messed up election. CNN Transcript - Special Event: Congress to Hold Hearings on Election Night News Coverage - November 16, 2000
