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What is the adjective for messiness?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verb mess which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

messy
  1. (of a place, situation, person, etc) In a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
  2. (of a person) Prone to causing mess.
  3. (of a situation) Difficult or unpleasant to deal with.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. untidy, disordered, muddled, chaotic, littered, cluttered, confused, disorderly, disorganised, disorganized, disarranged, disheveled, dishevelled, rumpled, jumbled, shambolic, sloppy, tousled, unkempt, disarrayed, messed, slipshod, mussed, mussy, scattered, unfastidious, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, pell-mell, in disarray, topsy-turvy, in a jumble, in a muddle, in turmoil, in a state, upside-down, tumbled, in a mess, at sixes and sevens, out of joint, haywire, in disorder, mixed up, anarchic, tangled, orderless, out of order, all over the place, haphazard, wild … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “Benny sure could use some help tidying up his messy room.”
      “I had to go through the messy process of applying for a visa.”
      “Stuck in the middle of a messy legal battle for custody, Jamie is torn between his love for both his parents.”
messless
  1. Without mess.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. unmessy
messier
  1. comparative form of messy: more messy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. untidier, sloppier, topsy-turvier, more disordered, more muddled, more chaotic, more littered, more cluttered, more confused, more disorderly, more disorganised, more disorganized, more disheveled, more dishevelled, more rumpled, more jumbled, more shambolic, more tousled, more unkempt, more slipshod, more mussy, more scattered, more unfastidious, more higgledy-piggledy, more hugger-mugger, more pell-mell, difficulter, awkwarder, trickier, more complex, more complicated, more confusing, more tortuous, more convoluted, more intricate, spitefuller, bitterer, nastier, unpleasanter, unfriendlier, viciouser, more vindictive, more acrimonious, more malicious, more despiteful, more venomous, more ill-natured, scruffier … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “She was still wearing a housedress like the one Molly would usually see her in, but her hair was messier and she looked distressed.”
      “This is going to be a little messier than I like, but beggars can't be choosers.”
      “It really is time to get my loppers, secateurs and knives out to start attacking the mess now to avoid even messier oversights later in the year.”
messiest
  1. superlative form of messy: most messy
  2. Synonyms:
      3. untidiest, sloppiest, topsy-turviest, most disordered, most muddled, most chaotic, most littered, most cluttered, most confused, most disorderly, most disorganised, most disorganized, most disheveled, most dishevelled, most rumpled, most jumbled, most shambolic, most tousled, most unkempt, most slipshod, most mussy, most scattered, most unfastidious, most higgledy-piggledy, most hugger-mugger, most pell-mell, difficultest, awkwardest, trickiest, most complex, most complicated, most confusing, most tortuous, most convoluted, most intricate, spitefullest, bitterest, nastiest, unpleasantest, unfriendliest, viciousest, most vindictive, most acrimonious, most malicious, most despiteful, most venomous, most ill-natured, scruffiest … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “He was despicable, missing teeth and looking very shaggy with the messiest mound of hair resting atop his head.”
      “I sat and watched for 2 hours as my 2 messiest cows in the barn played with their new waterbowl.”
      “Mauna Kea offers a high altitude location, well above the messiest parts of the atmosphere, and is surrounded by ocean.”
messed
  1. simple past tense and past participle of mess
  2. Synonyms:
      3. confused, disorganised, disorganized, disordered, cluttered, disarranged, disarrayed, discomposed, disheveled, dishevelled, disrupted, jumbled, unsettled, agitated, disjointed, disturbed, hashed, messed up, muddled, mussed, ruffled, tousled, dislocated, mixed up, rumpled, scattered, scrambled, shuffled, untidied, upset, deranged, mussed up, snarled up, threw into disorder, tumbled, put out of place, dirtied, made a mess of, made dirty, loused up, made untidy, spoilt, spoiled, fouled up, turned upside down, tangled, rummaged, bungled, botched, complicated … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “I averted my gaze anywhere but at them, until my sight landed on the messed pile of apples that the boy had dropped earlier.”
messing
  1. present participle of mess
  2. Synonyms:
      3. dirtying, cluttering, disheveling, dishevelling, disarraying, disordering, disarranging, muddling, lousing up, making a mess of, messing up, making untidy, making dirty, putting out of place, ruining, destroying, wrecking, breaking, desecrating, marring, spoiling, trashing, blighting, decimating, shattering, smashing, annihilating, crushing, desolating, despoiling, nuking, ruinating, sabotaging, torpedoing, pulverising, pulverizing, ravaging, bringing down, fouling up, bringing to ruin, wreaking havoc on, laying waste to, laying in ruins, interfering, meddling, intervening, tampering … more
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