Past tense of mess
regular verb
The past tense of mess is messed. The past participle is also messed.
Forms of mess
| Base form (V1) | mess /mɛs/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | messed |
| Past participle (V3) | messed |
| Present participle | messing |
| Third person singular | messes |
Messed in a sentence
- Well, I messed up my solo, but otherwise it was a good concert.From the entry mess up
- Her brother's friends messed him up a little after he cheated on her.From the entry mess up
- That girl totally messed me up, man. I'm not sure who I am anymore.From the entry mess up
- She said she was confident, but deep down she knew she had messed up.From the entry deep down
- Standing 6'8" and built like a tank, Adam was not a man to be messed with.From the entry built like a tank
Meaning of mess
- noun A thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation.
- noun A large quantity or number.
- noun Excrement.
Questions about the past tense of mess
- What is the past tense of mess?
- The past tense of mess is messed.
- What is the past participle of mess?
- The past participle of mess is messed.
- Is mess a regular or irregular verb?
- Mess is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: mess (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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