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.