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verb

past tense of mess

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of messed
Adjective
Stagner had seen a lot of messed-up things in his life, from explosives in Iraq wounding fellow Marines to the gruesome aftermath of shootings in Brunswick. ProPublica, 13 Sep. 2025 Similarly, Ehrenreich — who has been building back a very interesting and strong career after taking some unfair critical brickbats along the way — is just terrific as this somewhat messed-up local cop. Pete Hammond, Deadline, 5 Aug. 2025
Verb
The internet already messed her up pretty good. Alex Apatoff, PEOPLE, 23 Sep. 2025 The internet already messed her up pretty good. Charles Trepany, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025 The internet already messed her up pretty good. George Ramsay, CNN Money, 9 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for messed
Adjective
  • The film had transformed from the messy, illogical version I’d first seen into a hilarious, shrewd, contemplative work of art.
    Susan Orlean, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Integrating such a messy light source into a silicon photonics chip required careful engineering.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Jax interfered in the match to ambush both Stratton and Cargill.
    Josh Hammer, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Another El Grande interfered, and El Grande Americano locked Dragon Lee in a submission for the win.
    Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • In this chaotic world of busy schedules, stressful current events and personal responsibilities, growing distracted from your internal world is common.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Not because it was magicked away by her brain’s chaotic bonds, but because her husband, Charles (Christian Slater), abruptly returned and got the job done.
    Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Tibbetts looked confused by the ejection and didn’t leave the court immediately, appearing to ask another official, Tim Greene, what happened.
    Ben Pickman, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2025
  • About 20 mins later, our son woke up, confused and looking for his daddy.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Tommy Edman and Max Muncy poked singles against him to draw Kerkering into the game, with one out needed to get into the 12th inning.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Esiason also poked fun at Sims after the broadcaster missed a workday during the early portion of the 2025 season.
    Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet.
    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • While Texas Tech has emerged as the clear favorite to win the conference (-120 odds on BetMGM), the chasing pack is still a jumbled mess.
    Dan Santaromita, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • And the free options just make life harder with jumbled formatting.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 20 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • There were a few sloppy passes on zone entries, and one instance where a puck slipped through him at the blueline.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 12 Oct. 2025
  • The sweater’s hip-skimming length and relaxed cut result in a fit that feels effortlessly lived-in (not sloppy), while its wear-with-anything design is easy to style.
    Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 4 Oct. 2025

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“Messed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messed. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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