mess up meaning and definition

MESS UP verb

Definition of mess up (verb)

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   • "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
   • synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
2. disturb the smoothness of
   • "ruffle the surface of the water"
   • synonyms: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple
3. make a mess of or create disorder in
   • "He messed up his room"
   • synonyms: mess