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Meaning & Definition of Mess in English

English

Mess

/mɛs/

noun

1. A state of confusion and disorderliness

  • "The house was a mess"
  • "She smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
synonym:
  • mess,
  • messiness,
  • muss,
  • mussiness

2. Informal terms for a difficult situation

  • "He got into a terrible fix"
  • "He made a muddle of his marriage"
synonym:
  • fix,
  • hole,
  • jam,
  • mess,
  • muddle,
  • pickle,
  • kettle of fish

3. Soft semiliquid food

  • "A mess of porridge"
synonym:
  • mess

4. A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

synonym:
  • mess

5. A (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

synonym:
  • mess,
  • mess hall

6. (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"
synonym:
  • batch,
  • deal,
  • flock,
  • good deal,
  • great deal,
  • hatful,
  • heap,
  • lot,
  • mass,
  • mess,
  • mickle,
  • mint,
  • mountain,
  • muckle,
  • passel,
  • peck,
  • pile,
  • plenty,
  • pot,
  • quite a little,
  • raft,
  • sight,
  • slew,
  • spate,
  • stack,
  • tidy sum,
  • wad

verb

1. Eat in a mess hall

synonym:
  • mess

2. Make a mess of or create disorder in

  • "He messed up his room"
synonym:
  • mess,
  • mess up

Examples of using

I dont want to mess around.
Mary's nerves caused her to mess up her job interview.
If you don't want to get into a mess, don't say anything bad about Tom and Mary.