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Definitions

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. adj. Disorderly and dirty: a messy bedroom.
  2. adj. Exhibiting or demonstrating carelessness: messy reasoning.
  3. adj. Unpleasantly difficult to settle or resolve: a messy court case.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. In a state of mess, confusion, ordirtiness; making a mess; littered or littering; untidy.

Wiktionary

  1. adj. of a place in a disorderly state; chaotic; disorderly.
  2. adj. of a person prone to causing mess.
  3. adj. of a situation difficult or unpleasant to deal with

WordNet 3.0

  1. adj. dirty and disorderly

Etymologies

  1. From mess +‎ -y. (Wiktionary)

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  • bilby "Being in the VIP tent at the races isn't all it's cracked up to be. You have to small talk the company clients when all you really want to do is get messy with your mates."
    - flatmate, July 2011. Jul 14, 2012

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‘messy’ has been looked up 1721 times, added to 12 lists, commented on 1 time, and has a Scrabble score of 10.