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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (3)

1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin;
- Example: "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
- Example: "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
[syn: botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up]

2. disturb the smoothness of;
- Example: "ruffle the surface of the water"
[syn: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up]

3. make a mess of or create disorder in;
- Example: "He messed up his room"
[syn: mess, mess up]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

mess up \mess up\, v. t.
   1. To make a mess[5] of; to confuse, disorder, or muddle; to
      muss; to jumble; to disturb.
      [PJC]

   2. To botch[3]; to bungle.
      [PJC]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mess up
    v 1: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and
         we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult
         passage in the second movement" [syn: botch, bodge,
         bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub,
         screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle,
         fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up,
         bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up,
         fuck up]
    2: disturb the smoothness of; "ruffle the surface of the water"
       [syn: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up]
    3: make a mess of or create disorder in; "He messed up his room"
       [syn: mess, mess up]