mess

mess
n
1. untidiness, slovenliness, slatternliness, dirtiness, filthiness, Sl. crumminess; disgustingness, offensiveness; rathole, dump, garbage pile or heap, pig pen, pigsty, Brit. piggery, Augean stables, snake pit, mare's nest.
2. disorder, disarray, disorganization, displacement, disarrangement; clutter, litter, Fibber McGee's closet; hodgepodge, mishmash, jumble, scramble, tangle; conglomeration, medley, farrago, miscellany, mixture, olio, potpourri, melange; salmagundi, gallimaufry, hash, olla-podrida.
3. confusion, imbroglio, muddle, perplexity; quandary, incertainty, dilemma, the horns of a dilemma; tumult, turmoil, chaos, bedlam, pandemonium; uproar, hubbub, hullabaloo, ado.fuss.
4. plight, predicament, Inf. pickle, jam; mix-up, Inf. foul-up, Sl. screw-up, Sl. ball-up, snafu; Inf. can of worms, botch, stew, fix, pretty fix, fine kettle of fish; difficulty, trouble, pinch, Inf. bad scene.
5. meal, sitting, table; dish, food, victuals, vittles.
v
6. clutter, litter, turn upside-down; dirty, make a shambles of, track up; disarray, dishevel, tou- sle, muss or muss up.
7. confuse, muddle, mix up, Inf. foul up, Sl. screw up, Sl. ball up, Sl. bollix up; disturb, disrupt, scramble, jumble, snarl, tangle, upset the apple cart, throw a monkey wrench into the works

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