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muss

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of muss

a state in which everything is out of order

  • careful planning had eliminated most of the muss that usually accompanies a move to a new house
Synonyms of muss

chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
Words Related to muss

anarchy, lawlessness, misrule, riot

knot, snarl, tangle

labyrinth, maze, web

maelstrom, storm

bollix, clutter, litter, mishmash, shuffle

hodgepodge, medley, miscellany, morass, motley
Near Antonyms of muss

method, pattern, plan, system
Antonyms of muss

order, orderliness

muss

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of muss

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

  • the wind mussed up my hair
Synonyms of muss

confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset
Words Related to muss

embroil, entangle, snarl, tangle

agitate, perturb, stir (up), unsettle

clutter
Near Antonyms of muss

align (also aline), line, line up, queue

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

adjust, fix

groom, make up, spruce (up)

unscramble
Antonyms of muss

arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy

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