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- [mes]
- /mɛs/
- /mes/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [mes]
- /mɛs/
Definitions of messing word
- noun messing a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess. 1
- noun messing a person or thing that is dirty, untidy, or disordered. 1
- noun messing a state of embarrassing confusion: My affairs are in a mess. 1
- noun messing an unpleasant or difficult situation: She got into a mess driving without a license. 1
- noun messing a dirty or untidy mass, litter, or jumble: a mess of papers. 1
- noun messing a group regularly taking their meals together. 1
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Origin of messing
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 Messing
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adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
messing 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".
messing usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for messing
verb messing
- bumble — to speak or do in a clumsy, muddled, or inefficient way
- screw up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.
- miscalculate — Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
- flub — a blunder.
- misjudge — Form a wrong opinion or conclusion about.
Antonyms for messing
verb messing
- create — To create something means to cause it to happen or exist.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- accomplish — If you accomplish something, you succeed in doing it.
- achieve — If you achieve a particular aim or effect, you succeed in doing it or causing it to happen, usually after a lot of effort.
- succeed — to happen or terminate according to desire; turn out successfully; have the desired result: Our efforts succeeded.
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