mess | Lernwerd

Forms

1.a thing or group of things in a disagreeable, disorganised, or dirty state; hence a bad situation
- My bedroom is such a mess; I need to tidy up.
- He made a mess of it.
2.a large quantity or number(colloquial)
- Messerschmidts! A whole mess of Messerschmidts!
- She brought back a mess of fish to fix for supper.
- My boss dumped a whole mess of projects on my desk today.
3.excrement.
- There was dog mess all along the street.
- Did you hear that? It scared the mess out of me.
4.a person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck
- Between the pain and the depression, I'm a mess.
- He's been a mess and a half ever since you excommunicated him.
- I'm a mess in a dress, can't show up on time even if it would save my life. According to you.

1.To make untidy or dirty.
- It seems like all you do is cry, eat, and mess your diapers!
2.To throw into disorder or to ruin.
- But it wasn't right to be messing another man's sleep with tidal waves that didn't belong to the other man.
3.To interfere.
- This doesn't concern you. Don't mess.
4.To take meals with a mess.

Uncommon· #2655

Perhaps a corruption of Middle English mesh (“mash”), compare muss, or derived from Etymology 2 "mixed foods, as for animals".

Compare also Old English mes (“dung, excrement”).