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- US Pronunciation
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- [mes with, with]
- /mɛs wɪθ, wɪð/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [mes with, with]
- /mɛs wɪθ, wɪð/
Definitions of mess with words
- noun mess with a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess. 1
- noun mess with a person or thing that is dirty, untidy, or disordered. 1
- noun mess with a state of embarrassing confusion: My affairs are in a mess. 1
- noun mess with an unpleasant or difficult situation: She got into a mess driving without a license. 1
- noun mess with a dirty or untidy mass, litter, or jumble: a mess of papers. 1
- noun mess with a group regularly taking their meals together. 1
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Origin of mess with
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English mes < Old French: a course at a meal < Late Latin missus what is sent (i.e., put on the table), noun use of past participle of Latin mittere to send
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Parts of speech for Mess with
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adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
mess with popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
mess with usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for mess with
verb mess with
- bedevil — If you are bedevilled by something unpleasant, it causes you a lot of problems over a period of time.
- annoy — If someone or something annoys you, it makes you fairly angry and impatient.
- nag — to annoy by persistent faultfinding, complaints, or demands.
- tease — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- hector — Classical Mythology. the eldest son of Priam and husband of Andromache: the greatest Trojan hero in the Trojan War, killed by Achilles.
Antonyms for mess with
verb mess with
- delight — Delight is a feeling of very great pleasure.
- appease — If you try to appease someone, you try to stop them from being angry by giving them what they want.
- calm — A calm person does not show or feel any worry, anger, or excitement.
- comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
- pacify — to bring or restore to a state of peace or tranquillity; quiet; calm: to pacify an angry man.
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