Messy

Word MESSY
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /ˈmɛsi/

Definitions and meanings of "Messy"

What do we mean by messy?

Disorderly and dirty. adjective

Given to making messes; not neat or organized. adjective

Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness. adjective

Unpleasantly difficult to settle or resolve. adjective

In a state of mess, confusion, ordirtiness; making a mess; littered or littering; untidy.

In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly. adjective

Prone to causing mess. adjective

Difficult or unpleasant to deal with adjective

Dirty and disorderly adjective

(of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

(of a person) Prone to causing mess.

(of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Messy

The word "messy" in example sentences

What we need instead is what I describe as messy coherence, a sense of direction with with requisite diversity. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Now, this is what I call a messy situation because Thai police are hellbent on proving that it was anything but murder. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Where things get messy is less with tax-exempt status, but with allowing federal and state aid to flow through these institutions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Ginsberg's life was messy, and reflecting it too precisely would almost certainly result in messy filmmaking. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Bright photographs fetishize hardship -- happy Natives fishing, pensive Natives in messy houses. ❋ Stephanie Woodard (2010)

There is always a technocratic urge in messy changing technology markets to swoop in and mandate a standard from above, even while the technology is still evolving. ❋ Unknown (2009)

But all she did was preserve what the department had; she has yet to upgrade the operation or figure out a way for her department to become the clear mother ship for US smart power deployed in messy international situations. ❋ Steve Clemons (2010)

When they found nothing to arrest me on – they decided that a house this messy is not habitavle for my 16 year old daughter to live in. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Of course, I was the President, a President in messy dark plaits who despaired, sometimes, of the lack of enthusiasm of the troops. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I believe in messy, upsetting, wild love that erases all boundaries. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Every­one remem­bers Ein­stein, but few peo­ple vis­cer­ally remem­ber 200 odd years worth of peas­ants and aris­to­crats in messy, messy labs basi­cally goof­ing off to give him his raw mate­r­ial of empir­i­cal descrip­tion. ❋ Unknown (2006)

The Nigerien military had participated in messy, violent peacekeeping missions in Cote D'Ivoire, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Burundi, the Congo, and Haiti. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Some may actually call it messy, or not a tart at all. ❋ Michele (2005)

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