Definition of 'mess'

Noun

1. a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
      Synonyms: messiness muss mussiness
2. informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
      Synonyms: fix hole jam muddle pickle kettle of fish
3. soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
5. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
      Synonyms: mess hall
6. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty"
      Synonyms: batch deal flock good deal great deal hatful heap lot mass mickle mint muckle peck pile plenty pot quite a little raft sight slew spate stack tidy sum wad whole lot whole slew

Verb

1. eat in a mess hall
2. make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"
      Synonyms: mess up

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