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mess

/mɛs/noun, verb1 syllable

Mess means: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent.

Synonyms for mess46

noun, as in (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel
and 12 more, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

noun, as in informal terms for a difficult situation

fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish

noun, as in a state of confusion and disorderliness

messiness, muss, mussiness

noun, as in a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

mess hall

verb, as in make a mess of or create disorder in

mess up

also used for mess

disorder, bedlam, car crash, chaos, confusion, disarray, disorganization, dog's breakfast, dog's dinner

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does mess mean?8

noun

1

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”

2

informal terms for a difficult situation“he got into a terrible fix”

3

a state of confusion and disorderliness“the house was a mess”

4

a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

5

soft semiliquid food“a mess of porridge”

6

a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

verb

1

make a mess of or create disorder in“He messed up his room”

2

eat in a mess hall

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with mess?33

three syllables

nonethelessgpsirsabs

four syllables

nevertheless
Show 40 near rhymes
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All 33 rhymes for mess, grouped by syllable

Mess in a sentence

  • It's a complete mess, and it's getting on my nerves.Swift
  • You made this mess, so clean it up.karloelkebekio
  • I could really mess things up for you, you know.CM
  • We didn't make too much of a mess, did we?CK
  • Sorry, the house is kind of a mess.Hybrid
  • If you make a mess, clean it up.darinmex
  • Don't mess with me again, or you'll pick up your teeth with broken fingers.soliloquist
  • Stop chewing so much gum, you're gonna mess up your mouth.DJ_Saidez

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mess

as a noun

plural
messes

as a verb

past tense
messed
present participle
messing
third-person singular
messes
past participle
messed