adj. 25B6; adjective
messy oil spills 007C; messy hair : DIRTY, filthy, grubby, soiled, grimy; mucky, muddy, slimy, sticky, sullied, spotted, stained, smeared, smudged; dishevelled, scruffy, unkempt, rumpled, matted, tousled, bedraggled, tangled; informal yucky; Brit. informal gungy.
a messy kitchen : DISORDERLY, disordered, in a muddle, chaotic, confused, disorganized, in disarray, disarranged; untidy, cluttered, in a jumble; informal like a bomb's hit it; Brit. informal shambolic.
a messy legal battle : COMPLEX, intricate, tangled, confused, convoluted; unpleasant, nasty, bitter, acrimonious.
clean, tidy.