Meaning

4 senses
  1. (person)In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.

    a messy office

    Jim ran his fingers through his messy brown hair.

    chaotisch, unordentlich

    беспоря́дочныйbesporjádočnyj, гря́зныйgrjáznyj, неря́шливыйnerjášlivyj

    безла́днийbezládnyj, неоха́йнийneoxájnyj

    dirty and disorderly

  2. Prone to causing mess.

    He is the messiest person I've ever met.

  3. Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.

    a messy divorce

  4. Argumentative, spreading spreading gossip, talking behind someone's back

    They keep starting fights with Sam, they're so messy.

Examples

128 sentences
  1. Do you have a messy desk at work?

    У тебе на роботі безлад на столі?

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  2. This is going to be messy.

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  3. Tom walked into his messy apartment.

    ruТом зашёл в свою неопрятную квартиру.

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  4. Tom is very messy, isn't he?

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  5. Tom is a messy person, isn't he?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in a disorderly state; causing mess or confusion; chaotic; disorderly:
Русский
By meaning 1
in a disorderly state; causing mess or confusion; chaotic; disorderly:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
in a disorderly state; causing mess or confusion; chaotic; disorderly:

Forms

messier, messiest
Comparativemessier Lesson
Superlativemessiest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • dirty and disorderly:mussy

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

6 related words

Collocations

7 patterns
  • a messy person
  • lot messier than
  • messy person
  • a lot messier
  • is a messy
  • is very messy
  • lot messier

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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