Dictionary Definition
messy adj : dirty and disorderly; "a mussy fussy
bedroom"; "a child's messy eating habits" [syn: mussy] [also: messiest, messier]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ɛsi
Adjective
- in a disorderly
state; causing mess or
confusion; chaotic; disorderly
- He is the messiest person I've ever met.
Translations
in a disorderly state; causing mess or
confusion; chaotic; disorderly
- Finnish: sotkuinen, sekainen
- German: chaotisch
- Italian: disordinato
- Portuguese (Brazil): Bagunça
Extensive Definition
Messy may refer to:
- Messy Music, a duo of electronic musicians Doug DeAngelis and Kevin Haskins
- Messy, Seine-et-Marne, a commune in France
- Mr. Messy, a Mr. Men character
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
beat-up, bedraggled, blowzy, botched, bungling, careless, chintzy, clumsy, deficient, dilapidated, dingy, dirty, disheveled, drabbletailed, draggled, draggletailed, dusty, frowzy, frumpish, frumpy, grimy, grubby, grungy, half-assed, haphazard, hit-and-miss,
hit-or-miss, in rags, informal, loose, lumpen, miry, muddy, mussy, negligent, poky, promiscuous, ragged, raggedy, raunchy, ruinous, scraggly, scruffy, seedy, shabby, shoddy, slack, slapdash, slatternly, slipshod, slipshoddy, sloppy, slovenly, sluttish, smirchy, smoky, smudgy, smutchy, smutty, snuffy, sooty, sordid, squalid, tacky, tattered, unfastidious, unkempt, unneat, unsightly, unthorough, untidy