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MESSY (messier, messiest)
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, messiest Dictionary entry overview: What does messy mean?
• MESSY (adjective)
The adjective MESSY has 1 sense:
1. dirty and disorderly
Familiarity information: MESSY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
| Declension: comparative and superlative |
Superlative: messiest
Sense 1
Meaning:
Dirty and disorderly
Synonyms:
messy; mussy
Context example:
a child's messy eating habits
Similar:
untidy (not neat and tidy)
Derivation:
mess (a state of confusion and disorderliness)
messiness (the trait of being untidy and messy)
messiness (a state of confusion and disorderliness)
Context examples
This immune system attack is a much “messier” and more diffuse process than autophagy.
(New study implicates hyperactive immune system in aging brain disorders, National Institutes of Health)
A sample of this curious messy mixture he encountered nearer home.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
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