a state of confusion and disorderliness; the house was a mess; she smoothed the mussiness of the bed
informal terms for a difficult situation; he got into a terrible fix; he made a muddle of his marriage
[ Syn: fix , hole , jam , muddle , pickle , kettle of fish ]
soft semiliquid food; a mess of porridge'
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
[ Syn: mess hall ]
(often followed by `of) a large number or amount or extent; a batch of letters; a deal of trouble; a lot of money; he made a mint on the stock market; see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos; it must have cost plenty; a slew of journalists; a wad of money
[ Syn: 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 ]
mess (n.)
eat in a mess hall
make a mess of or create disorder in; He messed up his room
[ Syn: mess up ]