Messy

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Disorderly and dirty: a messy bedroom.
  • adj. Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness: messy reasoning.
  • adj. Unpleasantly difficult to settle or resolve: a messy court case.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. in a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
  • adj. prone to causing mess.
  • adj. difficult or unpleasant to deal with
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In a state of mess, confusion, ordirtiness; making a mess; littered or littering; untidy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. dirty and disorderly
  • Equivalent
    untidy   
    Antonym
    orderly    neat   
    Variant
    Messier    messiest   
    Form
    messiness    messily   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    confuse    cluttered    chaotic    disorderly   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bessie    Bessy    Essie    Jesse    Jessie   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    confuse    sloppy    untidy    Embarrass    chaotic