messy

messy
adj
dirty, grubby, sloppy, filthy, Sl. grungy; slovenly, slatternly, frowzy, piggy, dowdy, bedraggled, frumpy; unkempt, slipshod, untidy, disheveled; disorderly, disarranged, disorganized, at sixes and sevens; confused, muddled, macaronic, jumbled, topsy-turvy, every whichway; turbid, chaotic, entangled, snarled up, Sl. fouled up, Sl. bollixed up, at cross-purposes.
2. embarrassing, awkward, inconvenient, disconcerting, frustrating, discombobulating, ticklish; difficult, inextricable, uncontrollable; thorny, hard, tough, bad; unpleasant, disturbing, perturbing; bothersome, worrisome, rotten, nasty.

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