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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

chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, shambles, 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

Near Antonyms of muss

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

classify, codify, methodize, systematize, systemize

groom, make up, spruce (up)

Antonyms of muss

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

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