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messed

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verb

past tense of mess

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for messed
Adjective
  • Orlando took the helm of the memorial effort in late 2023 amid the messy collapse of the private onePulse foundation.
    Stephen Hudak, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Haack is going through a messy divorce with her soon-to-be ex-husband Hall, with the pair calling each other out on Instagram in 2024.
    Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Other labels would have interfered.
    Aaron Gilbreath, SPIN, 31 Dec. 2024
  • Baca’s successors carried on the tradition until the COVID-19 pandemic interfered in 2020.
    Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 26 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • Meanwhile, the White House’s on-again, off-again approach to tariffs with our major trading partners is so chaotic, it can barely be called a policy.
    MoneyShow, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
  • The result is a topsy-turvy movie that is also spiritually profound in ways that the Marvel and DC franchises don’t dare but that became abstruse and chaotic in Snyder’s many Rebel Moon iterations.
    Armond White, National Review, 14 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Imagine how confused ordinary taxpayers are by this ridiculous, irresponsible, intergovernmental spat.
    The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2025
  • Tuna was both curious and confused as to why Evelyn dared to leave his side.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Glaser — the host of the 2025 Golden Globe awards — also poked fun at Bündchen’s relationship with jiu-jitsu instructor Joaquim Valente during the roast.
    Eric Andersson, People.com, 23 Dec. 2024
  • And nobody had to guess the color of his underwear, as his black and gray Tom Ford briefs poked purposefully out from his pants.
    Bailey Richards, People.com, 22 Dec. 2024
Adjective
  • The latest: The Cavs looked sloppy and tired at points this week, but still gutted out comeback wins against Miami, Charlotte and Brooklyn.
    Sam Allard, Axios, 12 Mar. 2025
  • There’s also the possibility that when you get fatigued, your muscles may not be as able to fully support your knee, and your footwork can get sloppier, making the possibility of an awkward twist all the more likely.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In early modern Europe, the filthiest trades (such as tanning) were branded nuisances and forced out of cities and closer to those living at society’s margins.
    Scott W. Stern, The Atlantic, 10 Mar. 2025
  • The beat is straight up filthy, as are the lyrics, written from the point of view of a seductress who is simultaneously a literal murderer.
    James Factora, Them, 7 Mar. 2025
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“Messed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/messed. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.

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