Need another word that means the same as “messy”? Find 24 synonyms and 30 related words for “messy” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Messy” are: mussy, dirty, filthy, grubby, soiled, grimy, begrimed, disorderly, disordered, muddled, in a muddle, chaotic, confused, disorganized, in disarray, in turmoil, disarranged, convoluted, complex, intricate, tangled, tortuous, confusing, difficult
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “messy” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
begrimed | Blackened with ingrained dirt. A miner s begrimed face. |
chaotic | Completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing. The political situation was chaotic. |
complex | Denoting an ion or molecule in which one or more groups are linked to a metal atom by coordinate bonds. A complex network of water channels. |
confused | Mentally confused unable to think with clarity or act intelligently. Bewildered and confused. |
confusing | Bewildering or perplexing. A confusing jumble of road signs. |
convoluted | (especially of an argument, story, or sentence) extremely complex and difficult to follow. The film is let down by a convoluted plot in which nothing really happens. |
difficult | Hard to control. Lily could be difficult. |
disarranged | Having the arrangement disturbed; not in order. Her disarranged hair. |
disordered | Lacking orderly continuity. She went to comb her disordered hair. |
disorderly | In utter disorder. Disorderly conduct. |
disorganized | Unable to plan one’s activities efficiently. She s very muddled and disorganized. |
filthy | Characterized by obscenity. It looked like being a filthy night. |
grimy | Covered with or characterized by grime. The grimy industrial city. |
grubby | Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. The grubby business of selling arms. |
in a muddle | Currently fashionable. |
in disarray | Holding office. |
in turmoil | Currently fashionable. |
intricate | Very complicated or detailed. An intricate network of canals. |
muddled | Not arranged in order; untidy. The muddled display of pictures has been taken down. |
mussy | Dirty and disorderly. A mussy fussy bedroom. |
soiled | Soiled or likely to soil with dirt or grime. A soiled T shirt. |
tangled | Highly complex or intricate and occasionally devious. The tangled ropes. |
tortuous | Excessively lengthy and complex. His tortuous reasoning. |
chaos | The formless and disordered state of matter before the creation of the cosmos. Snow caused chaos in the region. |
chaotic | Lacking a visible order or organization. The political situation was chaotic. |
clutter | A confused multitude of things. The attic is full of clutter. |
crowding | A situation in which people or things are crowded together. He didn t like the crowding on the beach. |
dirt | A substance, such as mud or dust, that soils someone or something. Michael threw a handful of dirt on to the coffin. |
disheveled | In disarray; extremely disorderly- Al Spiers. Her clothing was disheveled. |
disorder | Bring disorder to. Skin disorders. |
disorderly | Completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing. Disorderly youths. |
distracted | Unable to concentrate because one is preoccupied by something worrying or unpleasant. Charlotte seemed too distracted to give him much attention. |
filthy | Vile; despicable. Filthy language. |
grimy | Thickly covered with ingrained dirt or soot. The grimy industrial city. |
jumble | Be all mixed up or jumbled together. His words jumbled. |
lousy | Teeming with (something regarded as undesirable. Lousy weather. |
mess | Have one s meals with a particular person especially as a member of an armed forces mess. She replaced the jug and mopped up the mess. |
muddle | Mix (a drink) or stir (an ingredient) into a drink. Muddle the kiwi slices with the sugar. |
promiscuous | Casual and unrestrained in sexual behavior. Promiscuous teenagers. |
rumple | Become wrinkled or crumpled or creased. She left her clothes in a rumple on the floor. |
seamy | Morally degraded. A seamy sex scandal. |
seedy | Shabby and squalid. A seedy district. |
slipshod | (of shoes) worn down at the heel. He d caused many problems with his slipshod management. |
sloven | A coarse obnoxious person. |
slovenly | (especially of a person or action) careless; excessively casual. A fat slovenly ex rock star. |
smother | A mass of something that stifles or obscures. I dreamt a stranger was trying to kill me by smothering me with a pillow. |
squalid | Morally degraded. A squalid attempt to save themselves from electoral embarrassment. |
stinking | Very bad or unpleasant. She is obviously stinking rich. |
unclean | Dirty. Wore an unclean shirt. |
unkempt | (especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance. Wild unkempt hair. |
untidy | Not inclined to keep one’s possessions or appearance neat and in order. The place was dreadfully untidy. |
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