mess
/mɛs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "No, look, I know that the place looks like a bit of a mess but it's actually a very delicate ecosystem. Everything is connected. It's like the rainforest. You change one thing, even the tiniest bit, and the whooole rainforest dies. You don't want the rainforest to die, do ya?"
- "He made a mess of it."
- "My bedroom is such a mess; I need to tidy up."
- "Messerschmidts! A whole mess of Messerschmidts!"
- "My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today."
- "She brought back a mess of fish to fix for supper."