[
UK
/mˈɛsi/
]
[ US /ˈmɛsi/ ]
[ US /ˈmɛsi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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dirty and disorderly
a mussy fussy bedroom
a child's messy eating habits
How To Use messy In A Sentence
- 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
- Combined with customers who would steer clear of Detroit brands because of uncertainty surrounding maintenance warranties, a messy bankruptcy could have have kicked off a vicious downward spiral that could have ended in liquidation and enormous job losses. Wonk Room » If We Had Let GM Go Bankrupt Last November, We Could Have Lost Another Million Jobs
- His brown hair was cut short and messy, and a pair of horn-rimmed glasses balanced on his nose.
- Otherwise Arsenal will face a messy backlog of games. The Sun
- Oreck next maintained that many of its challenged statements were nonactionable puffery: (1) the Dyson is “bulky”; (2) the Oreck vacuum emits “no puff” of dust when it is emptied; (3) the Dyson bin emptying process is “messy” and the Dyson filter is “not sanitary” and a “dirty little secret”; and (4) the XL Ultra 4120 weighs “only nine pounds,” while the weight of the DC14 is “backbreaking.” Archive 2009-03-01
- It was a pity he would have her blood on his hands - if someone tried to connect her untimely death to him, it would be a messy situation indeed.
- Come to find out, things have been decidedly messy in Marti's household. A ghost story for your monday morning
- It's all rather messy in lots of ways.