as in messy
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
the charmingly mussed look of a rock star in full rebel regalia
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as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
the wind mussed up my hair
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for mussed
Adjective
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Tallying the number of Americans detained by immigration agents is inherently messy and incomplete.—
Nicole Foy,
ProPublica,
18 Oct. 2025 -
If a mess does happen, clean up spills or messy bakes early so that grime and grease don’t build up.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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These dolphins exhibited 536 altered genes, indicating disrupted GABAergic synapses, changes in the basement membrane, and increased Alzheimer's risk factors, which worsen with each bloom season.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
14 Oct. 2025
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Air travel was snarled during the more than month-long government shutdown that ended in January 2019, hours after a shortfall of air traffic controllers disrupted flights in the New York area.—
Lillian Rizzo,Leslie Josephs,
CNBC,
14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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San Diego’s chaotic shift in city trash service has begun to stabilize, with more customers signing up for new bins and more of the roughly 19,000 property owners who lost city service managing to strike deals with private haulers.—
David Garrick,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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Her other grands live full, busy and chaotic lives.—
Abigail Van Buren,
Boston Herald,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Doctors shuffled her between units — labor and delivery, then other departments — but never ordered a CT scan.—
Jordan Greene,
PEOPLE,
14 Oct. 2025
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The Sharks also shuffled their defense pairs for Monday’s practice, with Dmitry Orlov and Mario Ferraro forming the top line, Nick Leddy with Timothy Liljegren, and Sam Dickinson paired with John Klingberg.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
13 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The series does not touch on the tabloid attention that followed the Beckhams in 2004, when it was alleged that David had an affair with his personal assistant, Rebecca Loos, and the many further accusations of cheating that littered gossip columns after.—
Scarlett Harris,
Time,
9 Oct. 2025
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Cigarette butts are the most littered item on the planet.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Aug. 2025
Verb
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While some players confused her lyrics for other pop powerhouses', others showed off their Swiftie sides and extensive knowledge of her discography.—
Lex Goldstein,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
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Three stops into The Boy Is Mine Tour this week, fans of Brandy Norwood and Monica were left confused by the abrupt end to Saturday’s concert.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Burnett was content to mine references from her own Depression-era youth; her famous maid character, the Charwoman, who became something of a show mascot, harked back to Chaplin’s Little Tramp, wearing a rumpled outfit and performing silent reveries.—
Rachel Syme,
New Yorker,
29 Sep. 2025
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Multiple parties plead their case to Figgis, who interviews members of the cast and crew behind the scenes, usually with rumpled cloth tacked to the wall behind them.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Or maybe he was just disturbed by my current condition.—
Mankaprr Conteh,
Rolling Stone,
16 Oct. 2025
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Wasps will become aggravated if their nest is disturbed, so it's not recommended to knock down the nest.—
Arricca Elin SanSone,
Southern Living,
13 Oct. 2025
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“Mussed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mussed. Accessed 22 Oct. 2025.
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