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present tense third-person singular of mess (up)
Synonyms & Antonyms of messes (up)
1
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way
- messed up the drawing and had to start over
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2
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
- a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight
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3
to make a mistake
- if anyone messes up even once while we're recording, we have to start all over again
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4
to strike repeatedly
- "If I catch you looking at my girlfriend, I'm going to mess you up!" he threatened
Synonyms for messes (up)
- bashes,
- bastes,
- bats,
- batters,
- beats,
- belabors,
- belts,
- birches,
- bludgeons,
- buffets,
- bungs up,
- clubs,
- curries,
- does,
- drubs,
- fibs
- [British],
- flogs,
- hammers,
- hides,
- laces,
- lambastes
- (or lambasts),
- lashes,
- lathers,
- licks,
- mauls,
- paddles,
- pelts,
- pommels,
- pounds,
- pummels,
- punches out,
- roughs (up),
- slates,
- slogs,
- switches,
- tans,
- thrashes,
- threshes,
- thumps,
- tromps,
- wallops,
- whales,
- whips,
- whops
- (or whaps),
- whups,
- works over
Words Related to messes (up)
- assails,
- assaults,
- attacks,
- besets,
- boxes,
- busts,
- chops,
- clobbers,
- clouts,
- cracks,
- cudgels,
- cuffs,
- descends (on or upon),
- hits,
- jumps (on),
- knocks,
- lams,
- lays on,
- pastes,
- pounces (on or upon),
- punches,
- raids,
- rushes,
- slams,
- slaps,
- smacks,
- smashes,
- socks,
- spanks,
- storms,
- swats,
- swipes,
- thwacks,
- whacks,
- whams,
- whomps
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