mussy

/'mʌsi/

Thân thiện

A child's mussy bedroom has toys and clothes scattered everywhere.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Dirty and disorderly; messy: Describes something that is untidy, disorganized, and often unclean. It implies a state of confusion and lack of neatness.

Examples of Usage

• Adjective:
  • After the party, the living room was mussy with empty cups and scattered decorations.
  • She tried to avoid mussy work like gardening in her good clothes.
  • His mussy hair suggested he had just woken up.

Advanced Usage

• "to get mussy": to become untidy or disordered.
  • The papers got mussy in the wind.
• "mussy appearance": a disheveled or untidy look.
  • He apologized for his mussy appearance after the long flight.

Variants and Related Words

• Muss (noun/verb): A state of disorder or untidiness; to make something messy.
  • Noun: There was a muss on the desk.
  • Verb: Don't muss my hair!
• Messy (adjective): Very similar in meaning to "mussy," meaning untidy or dirty.

Synonyms

• Untidy
• Disheveled
• Disordered
• Slovenly
• Unkempt

Antonyms

• Tidy
• Neat
• Orderly
• Clean

Related Phrases

• "mussy and fussy": An alliterative phrase sometimes used to emphasize a state of disorder and unnecessary complication.
  • The instructions were mussy and fussy, making the task difficult.

Học thuật

Adjective

1. dirty and disorderly
   • a mussy fussy bedroom
   • a child's messy eating habits

Từ đồng nghĩa

• messy