Meaning

2 senses

  1. (informal)A mistake or fiasco; something that has gone wrong.

  2. (informal)A person who makes many mistakes.

More definitions
  • something badly botched or muddled

Origin

Deverbal from mess up.

Deverbal from mess up.

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Forms

plural: mess-ups
Singularmess-up
Pluralmess-ups

regular

Synonyms

86 synonyms
aberrationC2breakA2errorA2faultA2lapseC1mistakeA2slipB1stumbleB1turkeyA1weaponB1muck-upbloomerblooperblunder
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Word family

1 related words
Relatedmess up

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
meshC2mesmerizemessB1messageA1messengerB2
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