mess meaning and definition

MESS noun

Definition of mess (noun)

1. a state of confusion and disorderliness
   • "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"
   • synonyms: messiness, muss, mussiness
2. informal terms for a difficult situation
   • "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"
   • synonyms: fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, muddle, pickle
3. soft semiliquid food
   • "a mess of porridge"
4. a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
5. a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
   • synonyms: mess hall
6. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
   • "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"
   • synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

MESS verb

Definition of mess (verb)

1. eat in a mess hall
2. make a mess of or create disorder in
   • "He messed up his room"
   • synonyms: mess up