mess
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- pronunciation:
- mes
- phrases:
- mess up
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
When something is a mess, it is dirty or not neat at all.
My dad says my room is a mess and I have to clean it up before my grandma comes to visit.
- synonyms:
- dirtiness, disorder, filthiness
- similar words:
- litter, offensiveness
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| definition 2: |
A mess is a difficult or confusing situation, or a difficult state for someone to be in.
After the huge storm, the city's transportation system was a mess.With the mother in the hospital and the father not able to work, the family was in a mess.- synonyms:
- chaos, confusion, jam
- similar words:
- difficulty, fix, scrape, trouble
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| definition 3: |
A mess is a room where soldiers eat their meals.
The soldiers went to the mess for their dinner.- similar words:
- cafeteria, meal, table
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| related words: |
batch, chaos, disorder, heap, tangle |
| phrase: |
mess up |
The word
mess comes from an early French word that means "an amount of food put out at a meal."