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    MESSY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

    Irregular inflected forms: messier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation, messiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

     I. (adjective) 

    Comparative and superlative

    Comparative: messier  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Superlative: messiest  Listen to US pronunciation  Listen to GB pronunciation

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Dirty and disorderlyplay

    Example:

    a child's messy eating habits

    Synonyms:

    messy; mussy

    Classified under:

    Adjectives

    Similar:

    untidy (not neat and tidy)

    Derivation:

    mess (a state of confusion and disorderliness)

    messiness (the trait of being untidy and messy)

    messiness (a state of confusion and disorderliness)

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