Messy

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈmÉ›si/
• Rhymes: -É›si
• Hyphenation: messy

Origin

From mess + -y.

Full definition of messy

Adjective

1. (of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
• 2013-08-03, Boundary problems, 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.
2. a messy office
3. (of a person) Prone to causing mess.
   He is the messiest person I've ever met.
4. (of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
   a messy divorce

Synonyms

Antonyms

• neat
• orderly

Derived terms

• messily
• messiness

Descendants

• German: Messie