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mess

Nouns

• (n) a state of confusion and disorderliness
  • the house was a mess
  • she smoothed the mussiness of the bed
  messiness, muss, mussiness,
• (n) informal terms for a difficult situation
  • he got into a terrible fix
  • he made a muddle of his marriage
  fix, kettle of fish, jam, muddle, pickle, hole,
• (n) soft semiliquid food
  • a mess of porridge
• (n) a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
• (n) a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax mess hall,
• (n) (often followed by "of") a large number or amount or extent
  • a batch of letters
  • a deal of trouble
  • a lot of money
  • he made a mint on the stock market
  • see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos
  • it must have cost plenty
  • a slew of journalists
  • a wad of money
  good deal, great deal, hatful, lot, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, quite a little, slew, spate, tidy sum, batch, heap, mass, mountain, pile, plenty, raft, stack, wad, deal, flock, pot, sight,

Verbs

• (v) eat in a mess hall
• (v) make a mess of or create disorder in
  • He messed up his room
  mess up,

Synonyms

messiness muss mussiness mess up fix kettle of fish jam muddle pickle hole mess hall good deal great deal hatful lot mickle mint muckle passel peck quite a little slew spate tidy sum batch heap mass mountain pile plenty raft stack wad deal flock pot sight

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