messier
/ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/
messier is the comparative form of messy.
Meaning of messy
Adjective
messy (comparative messier, superlative messiest)
- In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
- a messy office
- Synonyms:
- untidy, chaotic, disorderly, cluttered
- Prone to causing mess.
- He is the messiest person I've ever met.
- Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
- a messy divorce
- Argumentative, spreading spreading gossip, talking behind someone's back
- They keep starting fights with Sam, they're so messy.
Proper noun capitalized: Messier
Messier (countable and uncountable, plural Messiers)
- A surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by
- Charles Messier (1730-1817), a French astronomer who between 1774 and 1781 published his Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters, a catalogue of deep-sky objects.
- As a designation, the numbered objects in Messier's catalog are prepended with his surname or the letter M.
- Messier 31 (M31) is the Andromeda Galaxy; Messier 42 (M42) is the Orion Nebula
Forms of messier
| plural | Messiers |
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Phrases with messier
Questions about messier
- What does messier mean?
- Messier means a surname from French [in turn originating as an occupation], famously held by.
- What is messier the comparative form of?
- Messier is the comparative form of messy.
- What part of speech is messier?
- Messier is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce messier?
- Messier is pronounced /ˈmɛs.i.eɪ/.
Words near messier in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: messier (page history and authors); Messier (page history and authors); messy (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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