mess up
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
Types & categories
- miscarry hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
disturb the smoothness of
ruffle the surface of the water
Types & categories
- disarrange hypernym
Sense 3 verb
make a mess of or create disorder in
He messed up his room
Types & categories
- disarray hypernym
Related & opposite
- mess derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | blunder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | ballup |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fluff |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | screwup |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | spoil |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fuckup |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | miscarry |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | disarrange |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | mess |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | disarray |