|  messiness 
 
 1. a state of confusion and disorderliness
 - the house was a mess
 - she smoothed the mussiness of the bed
 • Syn:
 mess, muss, mussiness
 • Derivationally related forms:
 mussy (for: mussiness), mussy (for: muss), muss (for: muss), messy, messy (for: mess), mess (for: mess)
 • Hypernyms:
 disorderliness, disorder
 2. the trait of being untidy and messy
 • Syn:
 untidiness
 • Ant:
 tidiness (for: untidiness)
 • Derivationally related forms:
 messy, untidy (for: untidiness)
 • Hypernyms:
 uncleanliness
 • Hyponyms:
 disarray, disorderliness
 
 
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