| Main Entry: | muss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
Synonyms: |
chaos, confusion, disarrangement, hash, mess, mess-up, mix-up, muddle, shambles, turmoil |
Antonyms: |
order, organization |
| Main Entry: | muss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dishevel, disorder |
Synonyms: |
clutter, crumple, disarrange, disarray, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess up, mix up, muddle, ruffle, rummage, rumple, tangle, tousle, upset, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
fix up, order, organize |
| Main Entry: | derange |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make crazy; confuse |
Synonyms: |
confound, craze*, dement, disarrange, disarray, discommode, discompose, disconcert, disorder, disorganize, displace, distract, disturb, drive mad, frenzy, madden, make insane, mess up*, misplace, muss, perplex, ruffle, rummage, unbalance, unhinge, unsettle, upset |
Antonyms: |
calm, comfort |
| Main Entry: | misplace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose; be unable to find |
Synonyms: |
be unable to lay hands on, confuse, disarrange, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, displace, disturb, forget whereabouts of, lose track of, misfile, mislay, miss, mix, muss, place unwisely, place wrongly, put in wrong place, remove, scatter, unsettle |
Antonyms: |
find |
| Main Entry: | muddle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confused state |
Synonyms: |
ataxia, awkwardness, botch, chaos, clutter, complexity, complication, confusion, daze, difficulty, dilemma, disarrangement, disarray, disorder, disorganization, emergency, encumbrance, fog, foul-up, hash, haze, intricacy, involvement, jumble, mess, mess and a half, mix-up, muss, perplexity, plight, predicament, quandary, rat's nest, screw-up, shambles, snarl, struggle, tangle, trouble |
Antonyms: |
enlightenment, order, organization |
| Main Entry: | snarl |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | complication, mess |
Synonyms: |
chaos, clutter, complexity, confusion, disarray, disorder, entanglement, intricacy, intricateness, jam, jungle, knot, labyrinth, maze, mishmash, morass, muddle, muss, skein, swarm, tangle, web |
Antonyms: |
ease, order, organization, simplification |
| Main Entry: | soil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make dirty |
Synonyms: |
bedraggle, befoul, begrime, besmirch, contaminate, crumb, debase, defile, degrade, dirty, discolor, disgrace, foul, grime, maculate, mess, mess up, muck up, muck, muddy, muss up, muss, pollute, shame, smear, smudge, spatter, spoil, spot, stain, sully, taint, tar, tarnish |
Antonyms: |
clean |
| Main Entry: | dishevel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mess up |
Synonyms: |
muss, tousle |
| Main Entry: | topsy-turviness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disorder |
Synonyms: |
agitation, anarchism, anarchy, brawl, bustle, chaos, clamor, clutter, complication, confusedness, confusion, convulsion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, discombobulation, discord, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, distemper, disturbance, dither, entanglement, fight, flap, fracas, fuss*, hubbub, hullabaloo*, imbroglio, insurrection, jumble, lawlessness, mayhem, mess*, misrule, mix-up, mob rule, muddle, muss, quarrel, rebellion, reign of terror, revolution, riot, rioting, ruckus*, rumpus, scramble, static*, strike, terrorism, tizzy, trouble, tumble, tumult, turbulence, turmoil, unrest, unruliness, uproar |
| Main Entry: | tousle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disarray |
Synonyms: |
clutter, disaarange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, mess*, muss, rumple |
| Notes: | to tousle is to dishevel or make something untidy; to tussle is to scuffle |