n. 25B6; noun
please clear up the mess : UNTIDINESS, disorder, disarray, clutter, shambles, jumble, muddle, chaos; Brit. informal tip.
cat mess : EXCREMENT, muck, faeces, excreta.
I've got to get out of this mess : PLIGHT, predicament, tight spot/corner, difficulty, trouble, quandary, dilemma, problem, muddle, mix-up, imbroglio; informal jam, fix, pickle, stew, hole, scrape.
he made a mess of the project : MUDDLE, bungle; informal botch, hash, foul-up; Brit. informal cock-up; N. Amer. informal snafu.
25A0; make a mess of MISMANAGE, mishandle, bungle, fluff, spoil, ruin, wreck; informal mess up, botch, make a hash of, muck up, foul up; Brit. informal make a pig's ear of, make a Horlicks of, cock up.
25A0; mess about/around POTTER ABOUT, pass the time, fiddle about/around, footle about/around, play about/around, fool about/around; fidget, toy, trifle, tamper, tinker, interfere, meddle, monkey (about/around); informal piddle about/around; Brit. informal muck about/around, lark (about/around).
25A0; mess something up
he messed up my kitchen : DIRTY; clutter up, disarrange, jumble, dishevel, rumple; N. Amer. informal muss up; poetic/literary befoul.
(informal) Eddie messed things up. : See make a mess of .