Mess
noun
A dirty or untidy state of things or of a place.
He made a mess in the kitchen while cooking.
Often appears as...
- make a mess
- clean up the mess
noun
A situation that is full of problems.
The country's economy is in a mess.
Often appears as...
- in a mess
- make a mess of something
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A serving of food, especially in the military.
Join us in the mess hall for dinner.
Often appears as...
- mess hall
- mess duty
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Formal
Technical
verb
To handle or interfere with something carelessly.
Don't mess with my stuff!
Often appears as...
- mess with someone
- mess something up
verb
To create disorder or confusion.
He messed up his lines in the play.
Often appears as...
- mess up
- mess things up
noun
A dirty or untidy state of things or of a place.
He made a mess in the kitchen while cooking.
Often appears as...
- make a mess
- clean up the mess
noun
A situation that is full of problems.
The country's economy is in a mess.
Often appears as...
- in a mess
- make a mess of something
Usage tips
Disapproving
noun
A serving of food, especially in the military.
Join us in the mess hall for dinner.
Often appears as...
- mess hall
- mess duty
Usage tips
Formal
Technical
verb
To handle or interfere with something carelessly.
Don't mess with my stuff!
Often appears as...
- mess with someone
- mess something up
verb
To create disorder or confusion.
He messed up his lines in the play.
Often appears as...
- mess up
- mess things up
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/3Physical State
Use 'mess' to describe areas that require cleaning or organizing.
Her room was a mess with clothes everywhere.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Detail
Add details about sights or smells to emphasize the untidiness.
The garbage left a pungent mess in the alley.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Feelings
The word 'mess' often implies frustration or disgust towards the disorder.
I can't work with all this mess around me!
Pro Tip 1/3Physical State
Use 'mess' to describe areas that require cleaning or organizing.
Her room was a mess with clothes everywhere.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Detail
Add details about sights or smells to emphasize the untidiness.
The garbage left a pungent mess in the alley.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Feelings
The word 'mess' often implies frustration or disgust towards the disorder.
I can't work with all this mess around me!
Pro Tip 1/3Physical State
Use 'mess' to describe areas that require cleaning or organizing.
Her room was a mess with clothes everywhere.
Pro Tip 2/3Sensory Detail
Add details about sights or smells to emphasize the untidiness.
The garbage left a pungent mess in the alley.
Pro Tip 3/3Negative Feelings
The word 'mess' often implies frustration or disgust towards the disorder.
I can't work with all this mess around me!
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Video examples
On sincere and authentic...
elected to office and we all have high expectations for them to address gender issues right away but often they don't have time because they're too busy cleaning up the mess the boys well I would say this when I first started to people came to me and said you should run for leadership and I thought you
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Why I'm done trying to...
for all the ways that we have not relied on your strength. And now I would like to ask you to formally help us, because we cannot do this alone. We are men. We're going to mess up. We're going to say the wrong thing. We're going to be tone-deaf. We're more than likely, probably, going to offend you.
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What really happens to...
Here the ocean's currents have trapped millions of pieces of plastic debris. This is one of five plastic-filled gyres in the world's seas. Places where the pollutants turn the water into a cloudy plastic soup. Some animals, like seabirds, get entangled in the mess.
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Open Wide! A Capuchin...
you lot stop messing about over there behave yourself please you are representing saint jude's sir why have we come to the beach it's raining i can see it's raining stephen why couldn't we have gone to the sea life center yeah it's indoors and i could have seen my
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Battling To Save...
Would be, would have burnt our reserve. So this was an early storm. Unexpected, completely. So it was really a gift, because without, it will be just a complete mess and it's the area of the magnolias, we were protecting the brand new species,
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What is abstract...
when examined up close. And the chaos of this tangled mess seems to defy all control, but it's actually the product of a deliberate, though not pre-planned, process. These characteristics made Pollock into a celebrity,
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Srdja Popovic: How to...
Enough for me to give them credit, and hope that they will find their skills and their courage to use nonviolent struggle and thus fix at least a part of the mess our generation is making in this world. Thank you.
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Best Animal Escapes PIPE...
it's baby isn't mess with the Rhino baby and you have its mum to answer to this baby rhino is just being playful but there's two tons of heavily armed highly strung overprotective parent right
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Watch Thousands of Dogs...
have here are all messed up they've had a hard life and they get wet and dirty and muggy in but they're happy they've healed the inside and that's
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10 TOP Natural History...
the feistiest penguin in the world he fearlessly puts himself between the chicks and the petrol even petrols don't mess with the deli's
Video examples
On sincere and authentic...
elected to office and we all have high expectations for them to address gender issues right away but often they don't have time because they're too busy cleaning up the mess the boys well I would say this when I first started to people came to me and said you should run for leadership and I thought you
Video examples
Why I'm done trying to...
for all the ways that we have not relied on your strength. And now I would like to ask you to formally help us, because we cannot do this alone. We are men. We're going to mess up. We're going to say the wrong thing. We're going to be tone-deaf. We're more than likely, probably, going to offend you.
Video examples
What really happens to...
Here the ocean's currents have trapped millions of pieces of plastic debris. This is one of five plastic-filled gyres in the world's seas. Places where the pollutants turn the water into a cloudy plastic soup. Some animals, like seabirds, get entangled in the mess.
Video examples
Open Wide! A Capuchin...
you lot stop messing about over there behave yourself please you are representing saint jude's sir why have we come to the beach it's raining i can see it's raining stephen why couldn't we have gone to the sea life center yeah it's indoors and i could have seen my
Video examples
Battling To Save...
Would be, would have burnt our reserve. So this was an early storm. Unexpected, completely. So it was really a gift, because without, it will be just a complete mess and it's the area of the magnolias, we were protecting the brand new species,
Video examples
What is abstract...
when examined up close. And the chaos of this tangled mess seems to defy all control, but it's actually the product of a deliberate, though not pre-planned, process. These characteristics made Pollock into a celebrity,
Video examples
Srdja Popovic: How to...
Enough for me to give them credit, and hope that they will find their skills and their courage to use nonviolent struggle and thus fix at least a part of the mess our generation is making in this world. Thank you.
Video examples
Best Animal Escapes PIPE...
it's baby isn't mess with the Rhino baby and you have its mum to answer to this baby rhino is just being playful but there's two tons of heavily armed highly strung overprotective parent right
Video examples
Watch Thousands of Dogs...
have here are all messed up they've had a hard life and they get wet and dirty and muggy in but they're happy they've healed the inside and that's
Video examples
10 TOP Natural History...
the feistiest penguin in the world he fearlessly puts himself between the chicks and the petrol even petrols don't mess with the deli's
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Viola Davis
American Actress
I think many women are successful in their professional lives - they are making the money and all that - but in their personal lives are a complete mess, because they haven't paid any attention to it, because they spent all of their time being successful.
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Ed O'Neill
American Actor
I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
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Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.
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Big E
Titus O'Neil can mess you up! You gotta protect yourself with Titus!
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Matt Duffer
Freddy Krueger scared us. 'Hellraiser' really messed us up.
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Ginger Zee
American Scientist
I was, am, and likely forever will be a huge mess.
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Molly Bloom
American Author
I created a lot of drama and mess in my life.
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Francis Ford Coppola
American Director
I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.
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Brett Gelman
American Actor
The world is pretty messed up.
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Mauricio Macri
Argentinian Statesman
The world is a mess.
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Viola Davis
American Actress
I think many women are successful in their professional lives - they are making the money and all that - but in their personal lives are a complete mess, because they haven't paid any attention to it, because they spent all of their time being successful.
Quote examples
Ed O'Neill
American Actor
I think I 'turn off' women. I've a kind of a weird personality. Women may think that I'm a mess.
Quote examples
Shia LaBeouf
American Actor
I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.
Quote examples
Big E
Titus O'Neil can mess you up! You gotta protect yourself with Titus!
Quote examples
Matt Duffer
Freddy Krueger scared us. 'Hellraiser' really messed us up.
Quote examples
Ginger Zee
American Scientist
I was, am, and likely forever will be a huge mess.
Quote examples
Molly Bloom
American Author
I created a lot of drama and mess in my life.
Quote examples
Francis Ford Coppola
American Director
I bring to my life a certain amount of mess.
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Brett Gelman
American Actor
The world is pretty messed up.
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Mauricio Macri
Argentinian Statesman
The world is a mess.
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