messy
/ˈmɛsi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.87 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
adj
Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
Example Sentences
- "a messy office"
- "Jim ran his fingers through his messy brown hair."
- "Economics is a messy discipline: too fluid to be a science, too rigorous to be an art. Perhaps it is fitting that economists’ most-used metric, gross domestic product (GDP), is a tangle too. GDP measures the total value of output in an economic territory."
- "He is the messiest person I've ever met."
- "a messy divorce"
- "Say bonjour to the botched R.S.V.P. The practice of replying to invitations, let alone actually showing up to parties as promised, has become as antiquated as the chimney sweep, and much messier."
Etymology
Etymology tree English mess Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English messy From mess + -y.