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Nouns (6)

mess

n. soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"

mess

n. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

mess hall

n. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

messiness, muss, mussiness

n. a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

Verbs (2)

mess

v. eat in a mess hall

mess up

v. make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"

Adverbs (0)

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Fuzzynyms (22)

bedding material, bedding, litter

n. material used to provide a bed for animals

force, forcefulness, strength

n. physical energy or intensity; "he hit with all the force he could muster"; "it was destroyed by the strength of the gale"; "a government has not the vitality and forcefulness of a living man"

insolvency

n. the lack of financial resources

crash, collapse

n. a sudden large decline of business or the prices of stocks (especially one that causes additional failures)

negligence, carelessness, neglect, nonperformance

n. failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

dereliction

n. willful negligence

failure

n. an unexpected omission; "he resented my failure to return his call"; "the mechanic's failure to check the brakes"

bankruptcy, failure

n. inability to discharge all your debts as they come due; "the company had to declare bankruptcy"; "fraudulent loans led to the failure of many banks"

breakdown, crack-up

n. a mental or physical breakdown

tousle, dishevel, tangle

v. disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"

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Antonyms (3)

orderliness, order

n. a condition of regular or proper arrangement; "he put his desk in order"; "the machine is now in working order"

order

v. bring order to or into; "Order these files"

on a lower floor > speculative > mischievous > gladdened > rhapsodic > well-chosen > odd-pinnate > mess

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