messy
/ˈmɛsi/
messy adjective: in a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
Adjective
messy (comparative messier, superlative messiest)
- In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
- a messy office
- Jim ran his fingers through his messy brown hair.
- 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
- Say bonjour to the botched R.S.V.P. The practice of replying to invitations, let alone actually showing up to parties as promised, has become as antiquated as the chimney sweep, and much messier.2008 May 4, Alexandra Jacobs, “Blame the Messager”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 18 Dec 2021
- Argumentative, spreading spreading gossip, talking behind someone's back
- They keep starting fights with Sam, they're so messy.
messy meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
messy in Hindi
- in a disorderly state; causing mess or confusion; chaotic; disorderly
- अव्यवस्थित avyavasthit, अस्त-व्यस्त ast-vyast
messy in Bengali
- messy, disorderly
- অগোছালো ogōchalō
messy in Malayalam
- filthy, dirty, grubby
- മുഷിഞ്ഞ, അഴുക്കുപിടിച്ച, വൃത്തികെട്ട, മലിനം, മലീമസം, പങ്കിലം
- disorganized, disorderly, disordered
- ക്രമഭംഗമായ, താറുമാറായ, കുഴഞ്ഞ, കുഴപ്പത്തിലായ, അലങ്കോലപ്പെട്ട, മുറതെറ്റിയ
- intricate, complex, tangled
- സങ്കീർണ്ണമായ, കെട്ടുപിണഞ്ഞ, വ്യാമിശ്രമായ, കുഴഞ്ഞുമറിഞ്ഞ, ഏറ്റവും വൃത്തികെട്ട, അരോചകമായ
messy in Kannada
- ಕೊಳಕು, ಗೊಂದಲದ, ತಟ್ಟುಂತಾರುಂ, ತಡಬಡನೆ
More languagesFewer languages
- messy in Indonesian
- berantakan
- messy in Vietnamese
- lộn xộn, hỗn loạn
Examples of messy in a sentence
- A pragmatist would never plant such a messy tree, but I like its flowers.
- She preferred taquitos to regular tacos because she found them less messy.
- That messy project you gave me can take a bus ticket to Nopeville.
Synonyms of messy
Antonyms
Forms of messy
| comparative | messier |
|---|---|
| superlative | messiest |
Origin of messy
From mess + -y.
Words formed from messy
Words that rhyme with messy
Questions about messy
- What does messy mean?
- Messy means in a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
- What is messy in Hindi?
- Messy in Hindi is अव्यवस्थित (avyavasthit), अस्त-व्यस्त (ast-vyast). See Messy meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is messy?
- Messy is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce messy?
- Messy is pronounced /ˈmɛsi/.
Words near messy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: messy (page history and authors); অগোছালো (Bengali) (page history and authors); messy (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); messy (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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