Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

messed up

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.01 in modern English

Syllables
messed up
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

simple past and past participle of mess up

adj

In disorder.

adj

Intoxicated, drunk.

Colloquial

adj

Morally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable.

Colloquial

adj

Damaged.

Colloquial

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

messed-up (alternative) more messed up (comparative) most messed up (superlative)

Phrases

messed-upness

Synonyms

fucked up off-kilter unbuttoned Adrian Quist adrip aled up all mops and brooms arseholed a sheet in the wind a sheet in the wind's eye bedrunken befuddled

Questions

What does messed up mean?
simple past and past participle of mess up

How to pronounce messed up

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