MESSED - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Meaning 1

Part of speech: Noun

(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

Example: 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

Meaning 2

Part of speech: Noun

informal terms for a difficult situation

Example: he got into a terrible fix; he made a muddle of his marriage

Meaning 3

Part of speech: Noun

a state of confusion and disorderliness

Example: the house was a mess; she smoothed the mussiness of the bed

Meaning 4

Part of speech: Noun

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

Meaning 5

Part of speech: Noun

a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

Meaning 6

Part of speech: Noun

soft semiliquid food

Example: a mess of porridge

Meaning 7

Part of speech: Verb

eat in a mess hall

Meaning 8

Part of speech: Verb

make a mess of or create disorder in

Example: He messed up his room