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messy

Definition for messy

adjective as in cluttered, dirty

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Example Sentences

If you think divorce between two people is messy and traumatic, imagine divorcing yourself.

But there is a messy middle territory between demonization and idealization.

THE NEW YORK TIMES/JILL ABRAMSON DISASTER: It was messy enough when, on May 14, New York Times Co.

In another, they sit smiling inside their Los Angeles apartment at a messy kitchen table.

Their inevitable divorce was messy, bitter, and packed with bizarre occurrences.

I can't bear ugly, messy places; above all, messy, untidy places make me perfectly cross and miserable.'

There used to be a very messy, rocky desert here, and we used to have to scrabble and scratch our way to the monument.

There was something so messy about dish-washing, ordinary dish-washing; milk-pans were different.

Fishing seemed a messy business—an uncouth trade among uncouth men.

I did write out my translations on an extra paper first, for I didnt want to make any erasures and have a messy paper.

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On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to messy, such as: chaotic, confused, sloppy, blotchy, careless, and disheveled.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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