The meaning of MESSY is marked by confusion, disorder, or dirt : untidy.
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MESSY definition: characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition.
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If you describe a situation as messy, you are emphasizing that it is confused or complicated, and therefore unsatisfactory.
John had been through a messy divorce himself.
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Disorderly and dirty: a messy bedroom.
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Given to making messes; not neat or organized: a messy roommate.
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Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness: messy reasoning.
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Unpleasantly difficult to.
MESSY definition: 1.
untidy: 2.
producing or causing dirt and untidiness: 3.
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Definition of messy adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
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mess•y (mes′ ē), adj., mess•i•er, mess•i•est.
characterized by a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: a messy room.
causing a mess: a messy recipe; messy work.
embarrassing, difficult, or unpleasant: a.
Jan 18, 2026 · Adjective messy (comparative messier, superlative messiest) (of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
Messy pertains to a state or condition of disorder, untidiness, or disarray.
It refers to a lack of neatness or order, be it in a physical space like a room, a process, or even abstract things such as an situation.
Messy definition: Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness.
