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Synonyms & Antonyms of messing (up)
- messed up the drawing and had to start over
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- a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight
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Antonyms for messing (up)
- if anyone messes up even once while we're recording, we have to start all over again
Synonyms for messing (up)
- blundering,
- boobing
- [British],
- erring,
- flubbing,
- fluffing,
- fouling up,
- fumbling,
- goofing (up),
- lousing up,
- screwing up,
- slipping up,
- stumbling,
- tripping
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Phrases Synonymous with messing (up)
- "If I catch you looking at my girlfriend, I'm going to mess you up!" he threatened
Synonyms for messing (up)
- bashing,
- basting,
- battering,
- batting,
- beating,
- belaboring,
- belting,
- birching,
- bludgeoning,
- buffeting,
- bunging up,
- clubbing,
- currying,
- doing,
- drubbing,
- fibbing
- [British],
- flogging,
- hammering,
- hiding,
- lacing,
- lambasting,
- lashing,
- lathering,
- licking,
- mauling,
- paddling,
- pelting,
- pommeling
- (or pommelling),
- pounding,
- pummeling
- (also pummelling),
- punching out,
- roughing (up),
- slating,
- slogging,
- switching,
- tanning,
- thrashing,
- threshing,
- thumping,
- tromping,
- walloping,
- whaling,
- whipping,
- whopping
- (or whapping),
- whupping,
- working over
Words Related to messing (up)
- assailing,
- assaulting,
- attacking,
- besetting,
- boxing,
- busting,
- chopping,
- clobbering,
- clouting,
- cracking,
- cudgeling
- (or cudgelling),
- cuffing,
- descending (on or upon),
- hitting,
- jumping (on),
- knocking,
- lamming,
- laying on,
- pasting,
- pouncing (on or upon),
- punching,
- raiding,
- rushing,
- slamming,
- slapping,
- smacking,
- smashing,
- socking,
- spanking,
- storming,
- swatting,
- swiping,
- thwacking,
- whacking,
- whamming,
- whomping
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“Messing (up).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messing%20%28up%29. Accessed 16 Oct. 2021.
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