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• “He messed up his room“

Synonyms

• mess up make a mess of, destroy or ruin; disturb the smoothness of; make a mess of or create disorder in

• “the house was a mess“
• “she smoothed the mussiness of the bed“

Synonyms

• messiness a state of confusion and disorderliness; the trait of being untidy and messy
• muss make messy or untidy; a state of confusion and disorderliness
• mussiness a state of confusion and disorderliness

• “he got into a terrible fix“
• “he made a muddle of his marriage“

Synonyms

• fix informal terms for a difficult situation; something craved, especially an intravenous injection of a narcotic drug; the act of putting something in working order again ; an exemption granted after influence (e.g., money) is brought to bear; a determination of the place where something is; restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken; cause to be firmly attached; decide upon or fix definitely; prepare for eating by applying heat; take vengeance on or get even; set or place definitely; kill, preserve, and harden (tissue) in order to prepare for microscopic study ; make fixed, stable or stationary; make infertile; influence an event or its outcome by illegal means; put (something somewhere) firmly; make ready or suitable or equip in advance for a particular purpose or for some use, event, etc
• hole hit the ball into the hole ; make holes in ; an opening into or through something ; an opening deliberately made in or through something ; one playing period (from tee to green) on a golf course; an unoccupied space ; a depression hollowed out of solid matter ; a fault; informal terms for a difficult situation; informal terms for the mouth
• jam preserve of crushed fruit ; informal terms for a difficult situation; a dense crowd of people ; deliberate radiation or reflection of electromagnetic energy for the purpose of disrupting enemy use of electronic devices or systems ; press tightly together or cram; push down forcibly; crush or bruise; interfere with or prevent the reception of signals; get stuck and immobilized; crowd or pack to capacity; block passage through
• muddle make into a puddle; mix up or confuse; a confused multitude of things ; informal terms for a difficult situation
• pickle preserve in a pickling liquid ; vegetables (especially cucumbers) preserved in brine or vinegar ; informal terms for a difficult situation
• kettle of fish informal terms for a difficult situation

• “a mess of porridge“

Synonyms

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

• “a batch of letters“
• “a deal of trouble“
• “a lot of money“
• “he made a mint on the stock market“
• “see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos“
• “it must have cost plenty“
• “a slew of journalists“
• “a wad of money“

Synonyms

• batch batch together; all the loaves of bread baked at the same time ; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a collection of things or persons to be handled together
• deal a particular instance of buying or selling; an agreement between parties (usually arrived at after discussion) fixing obligations of each; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a plank of softwood (fir or pine board) ; wood that is easy to saw (from conifers such as pine or fir) ; the cards held in a card game by a given player at any given time; the type of treatment received (especially as the result of an agreement); the act of distributing playing cards; the act of apportioning or distributing something; act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression; take into consideration for exemplifying purposes; take action with respect to (someone or something); succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available; administer or bestow, as in small portions; do business; be in charge of, act on, or dispose of; behave in a certain way towards others; distribute cards to the players in a game; direct the course of; give out as one’s portion or share ; give (a specific card) to a player; sell
• flock move as a crowd or in a group; come together as in a cluster or flock; a church congregation guided by a pastor ; a group of birds ; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; an orderly crowd; a group of sheep or goats
• good deal (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• great deal (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• hatful (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; as many or as much as a hat will hold
• heap bestow in large quantities; arrange in stacks; fill to overflow; a collection of objects laid on top of each other ; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a car that is old and unreliable
• lot divide into lots, as of land, for example ; administer or bestow, as in small portions; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a parcel of land having fixed boundaries; an unofficial association of people or groups; your overall circumstances or condition in life (including everything that happens to you); anything (straws or pebbles etc.) taken or chosen at random; any collection in its entirety; (Old Testament) nephew of Abraham
• mass formed of separate units gathered into a mass or whole; join together into a mass or collect or form a mass; the property of a body that causes it to have weight in a gravitational field ; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; an ill-structured collection of similar things (objects or people) ; (Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Churches) the celebration of the Eucharist ; a body of matter without definite shape; the common people generally; the property of something that is great in magnitude; a musical setting for a Mass; a sequence of prayers constituting the Christian Eucharistic rite
• mickle (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• mint as if new; form by stamping, punching, or printing; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers ; any member of the mint family of plants ; the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied ; a candy that is flavored with a mint oil ; a plant where money is coined by authority of the government
• mountain a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• muckle (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• passel (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• peck (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a British imperial capacity measure (liquid or dry) equal to 2 gallons ; a United States dry measure equal to 8 quarts or 537.605 cubic inches ; hit lightly with a picking motion ; eat by pecking at, like a bird ; kiss lightly ; eat like a bird; bother persistently with trivial complaints
• pile arrange in stacks; press tightly together or cram; place or lay as if in a pile; a collection of objects laid on top of each other ; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a large sum of money (especially as pay or profit); fine soft dense hair (as the fine short hair of cattle or deer or the wool of sheep or the undercoat of certain dogs) ; battery consisting of voltaic cells arranged in series; a column of wood or steel or concrete that is driven into the ground to provide support for a structure ; the yarn (as in a rug or velvet or corduroy) that stands up from the weave; a nuclear reactor that uses controlled nuclear fission to generate energy
• plenty as much as necessary; a full supply; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• pot plant in a pot; metal or earthenware cooking vessel that is usually round and deep; a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination ; the quantity contained in a pot ; a container in which plants are cultivated ; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; the cumulative amount involved in a game (such as poker) ; slang for a paunch ; a resistor with three terminals, the third being an adjustable center terminal; street names for marijuana
• quite a little (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• raft transport on a raft; travel by raft in water; make into a raft; a flat float (usually made of logs or planks) that can be used for transport or as a platform for swimmers ; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a foundation (usually on soft ground) consisting of an extended layer of reinforced concrete
• sight catch sight of; take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) ; an instance of visual perception; anything that is seen; the ability to see; a range of mental vision; the range of vision; the act of looking or seeing or observing; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• slew turn sharply; move obliquely or sideways, usually in an uncontrolled manner; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• spate (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a sudden forceful flow ; the occurrence of a water flow resulting from sudden rain or melting snow
• stack load or cover with stacks; arrange in stacks; arrange the order of so as to increase one’s winning chances; an orderly pile ; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a list in which the next item to be removed is the item most recently stored (LIFO) ; a large tall chimney through which combustion gases and smoke can be evacuated ; a storage device that handles data so that the next item to be retrieved is the item most recently stored (LIFO)
• tidy sum (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent
• wad compress into a wad; crowd or pack to capacity; a small mass of soft material; (often followed by `of’) a large number or amount or extent; a wad of something chewable as tobacco