also: <span class="searchmatch">mess</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">mess</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">messes</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, present participle <span class="searchmatch">messing</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, simple past and past participle <span class="searchmatch">messed</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>) (transitive)...
also: <span class="searchmatch">mess</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> Deverbal from <span class="searchmatch">mess</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>. <span class="searchmatch">mess</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> (plural <span class="searchmatch">mess</span>-ups) (informal) A mistake or fiasco; something that has gone wrong. Synonyms: muck-<span class="searchmatch">up</span>; see also...
<span class="searchmatch">messed</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">messed</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> (adjective) <span class="searchmatch">messed</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> simple past and past participle of <span class="searchmatch">mess</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">messed</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">messed</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">messed</span> up)...
<span class="searchmatch">messing</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> present participle and gerund of <span class="searchmatch">mess</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>...
See also: <span class="searchmatch">messed</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> <span class="searchmatch">messed</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> (comparative more <span class="searchmatch">messed</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span>, superlative most <span class="searchmatch">messed</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span>) Alternative form of <span class="searchmatch">messed</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>....
<span class="searchmatch">messes</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">mess</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">mess</span>-ups plural of <span class="searchmatch">mess</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span>...
<span class="searchmatch">mess</span> of. I fouled <span class="searchmatch">up</span> question 3 of the exam. (make a mistake): <span class="searchmatch">mess</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, fuck <span class="searchmatch">up</span> (vulgar); see also Thesaurus:make a mistake (botch): <span class="searchmatch">mess</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>, fuck <span class="searchmatch">up</span>...
Deverbal from <span class="searchmatch">mess</span> <span class="searchmatch">up</span>. messup (plural messups) Alternative spelling of <span class="searchmatch">mess</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span>....
From <span class="searchmatch">messed</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span> + -ness. <span class="searchmatch">messed</span>-<span class="searchmatch">upness</span> (uncountable) (informal) The state or condition of being <span class="searchmatch">messed</span>-<span class="searchmatch">up</span>. 1976, Paunch: Issues 44-51: Nor does such messed-upness...