| NOUN | state | mess, messiness, muss, mussiness | a state of confusion and disorderliness |
|---|---|---|---|
| state | mess, fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish | informal terms for a difficult situation | |
| food | mess | soft semiliquid food | |
| food | mess | a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel | |
| artifact | mess, mess hall | a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax | |
| quantity | mess, batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent | |
| VERB | consumption | mess | eat in a mess hall |
| change | mess, mess up | make a mess of or create disorder in |
| Sounds | meh's | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... | |
| Meaning | A state of confusion and disorderliness. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "the house was a mess" | |
| Synonyms | messiness, muss, mussiness | |
| Broader | disorderliness, disorder | A condition in which things are not in their expected places |
| Spanish | desorden, revoltijo | |
| Catalan | desordre | |
| Adjectives | messy | dirty and disorderly |
| Verbs | mess | make a mess of or create disorder in |
| Meaning | informal terms for a difficult situation. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish | |
| Narrower | dog's breakfast, dog's dinner | A poor job |
| Broader | difficulty | A condition or state of affairs almost beyond one's ability to deal with and requiring great effort to bear or overcome |
| Spanish | atolladero, berenjenal, embrollo, enredo, lío, maraña, taco | |
| Catalan | batibull, embolic, embull, galimaties, garbuix, merder | |
| Meaning | Soft semiliquid food. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a mess of porridge" | |
| Broader | nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals | A source of materials to nourish the body |
| Verbs | mess | eat in a mess hall |
| Meaning | A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | meal, repast | The food served and eaten at one time |
| Spanish | rancho | |
| Verbs | mess | eat in a mess hall |
| Meaning | A (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | mess hall | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Parts | training table | planned meals / meals for athletes in training (usually served in a mess hall) |
| Narrower | officer's mess | A mess for the exclusive use of officers |
| Broader | dining room, dining-room | A room used for dining |
| Verbs | mess | eat in a mess hall |
| Meaning | (often followed by 'of') a large number or amount or extent. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | |
| Narrower | flood, inundation, deluge, torrent | An overwhelming number or amount |
| haymow | A mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation | |
| Broader | large indefinite quantity, large indefinite amount | An indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude |
| Spanish | avalancha, barbaridad, bestialidad, burrada, cantidad, cúmulo, enormidad, fajo, lote, mogollón, montaña, montón, multitud, passel, pila | |
| Catalan | apilament, apilotament, castell, cúmul, estiba, feix, lot, manyoc, muntanya, munt, passel, pila, pilot, quantitat, tou | |
| Meaning | eat in a mess hall. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Model | Sam and Sue mess | |
| Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
| Broader | eat | Eat a meal |
| Spanish | comer el rancho, comer rancho | |
| Nouns | mess | a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax |
| mess | a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel | |
| mess | soft semiliquid food | |
| Meaning | make a mess of or create disorder in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "He messed up his room" | |
| Synonym | mess up | |
| Broader | disorder, disarray | Bring disorder to |
| Spanish | desordenar, embarullar | |
| Catalan | desendreçar, desordenar, enredar | |
| Nouns | mess | a state of confusion and disorderliness |
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