· a state of confusion and disorderliness; "the house was a mess"; "she smoothed the mussiness of the bed"

Synonym(s): messiness, muss, mussiness

Hypernym(s): disorderliness, disorder

· informal terms for a difficult situation; "he got into a terrible fix"; "he made a muddle of his marriage"

Synonym(s): fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle_of_fish

Hypernym(s): difficulty

· soft semiliquid food; "a mess of porridge"

Hypernym(s): nutriment, nourishment, nutrition, sustenance, aliment, alimentation, victuals

· a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel

Hypernym(s): meal, repast

· a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax

Synonym(s): mess_hall

Hypernym(s): dining_room, dining-room

· (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"

Synonym(s): batch, deal, flock, good_deal, great_deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite_a_little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy_sum, wad

Hypernym(s): large_indefinite_quantity, large_indefinite_amount

· eat in a mess hall

Hypernym(s): eat

· make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"

Synonym(s): mess_up

Hypernym(s): disorder, disarray