mess

(noun) a state of confusion and disorderliness. Synonyms: messiness, muss, mussiness. Examples: "The house was a mess." "She smoothed the mussiness of the bed."

(noun) informal terms for a difficult situation. Synonyms: fix, hole, jam, muddle, pickle, kettle of fish. Examples: "He got into a terrible fix." "He made a muddle of his marriage."

(noun) soft semiliquid food. Example: "A mess of porridge."

(noun) a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel.

(noun) a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax. Synonyms: mess hall.

(noun) (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent. Synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad. Examples: "A batch of letters." "A deal of trouble." "A lot of money." "He made a mint on the stock market." "See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos." "It must have cost plenty." "A slew of journalists." "A wad of money."

(verb) eat in a mess hall.

(verb) make a mess of or create disorder in. Synonyms: mess up. Example: "He messed up his room."