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messed-up

messed-up is the alternative form of messed up.

Meaning of messed up

Adjective

messed up (comparative more messed up, superlative most messed up)

  1. In disorder.
  2. (colloquial) Intoxicated, drunk.
  3. (colloquial) Morally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable.
    • Publishing those photos of the car crash was messed up.
  4. (colloquial) Damaged.

Forms of messed-up

comparativemore messed-up
superlativemost messed-up

Words formed from messed-up

Questions about messed-up

What is messed-up the alternative form of?
Messed-up is the alternative form of messed up.

Words near messed-up in the dictionary

  1. messed
  2. messed about
  3. messed around
  4. messed up
  5. messed with
  6. messed-up
  7. messed-upness
  8. messeigneurs
  9. messelite
  10. Messene
  11. messenger

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Adapted from Wiktionary: messed-up (page history and authors); messed up (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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