messiness

Noun

Meaning

the trait of being untidy and messy

a state of confusion and disorderliness

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

mess muss untidiness bedlam disorder confusion collapse entropy dissolution chaos disruption disturbance turmoil ruin insanity

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Antonyms

bourne mark grail playbill order end

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Hypernyms

disorder disorderliness uncleanliness

Hyponyms

disarray disorderliness

Examples

Physics is really nothing more than a search for ultimate simplicity, but so far all we have is a kind of elegant messiness. Bill Bryson

I think fiction lends itself to messiness rather than the ideal, and plays well with the ironies surrounding what happens versus what should happen. Colm Tóibín

I've let a lot of my type A personality go. When you have a kid, the messiness doesn't matter anymore. Tiffani Thiessen

Grime is not like messiness or some fingerprints on a cabinet; it takes a long time to accumulate. Roz Chast

the house was a mess Source: Internet

she smoothed the mussiness of the bed Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Messina Messineo messinese Messing messing around messing up