MESSINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does messiness mean? 

• MESSINESS (noun)
  The noun MESSINESS has 2 senses:

1. a state of confusion and disorderliness

2. the trait of being untidy and messy

  Familiarity information: MESSINESS used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MESSINESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of confusion and disorderliness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

mess; messiness; muss; mussiness

Context example:

she smoothed the mussiness of the bed

Hypernyms ("messiness" is a kind of...):

disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)

Derivation:

messy (dirty and disorderly)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The trait of being untidy and messy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

messiness; untidiness

Hypernyms ("messiness" is a kind of...):

uncleanliness (lack of cleanly habits)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "messiness"):

disarray; disorderliness (untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance))

Derivation:

messy (dirty and disorderly)