Thesaurus / mess
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The upcoming US presidential election seems set to be something of a mess—to put it lightly.
MICROSOFT’S NEW DEEPFAKE DETECTOR PUTS REALITY TO THE TESTVANESSA BATES RAMIREZSEPTEMBER 4, 2020SINGULARITY HUB Cleanup also has to be simple, because when your vehicle is full, even small greasy messes can create big problems.
5 PORTABLE GRILLS FOR ALL YOUR OUTDOOR COOKING NEEDSAMY MARTURANA WINDERLSEPTEMBER 2, 2020OUTSIDE ONLINE“I just thought it was extremely odd to, say the least – just a way to mess with the homeless and those that need the discount,” Sheetz said.
MTS FREQUENTLY OVERRULES DOCTORS’ ORDERS ON REDUCED FARES FOR THE DISABLEDLISA HALVERSTADTAUGUST 31, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOWork and life were colliding in ways that it was impossible to stay organized and looking at the mess while I was watching TV on the couch was making me more stressed out.
THE BEST THINGS I BOUGHT IN AUGUSTRACHEL SCHALLOMAUGUST 30, 2020FORTUNEMake the easy into a festering mess of sweat and cursing and they’ll mosey along.
THE MOST SECURE WAYS TO LOCK UP YOUR BIKEBY MICHAEL FRANK/CYCLE VOLTAAUGUST 26, 2020POPULAR-SCIENCEWhen Levien joined the Times in 2013, its digital outlook was, by the paper’s own admission, a complete mess.
‘UNSTOPPABLE INNOVATOR’: THE METEORIC RISE OF MEREDITH KOPIT LEVIEN, THE NEXT NEW YORK TIMES CEOSTEVEN PERLBERGAUGUST 19, 2020DIGIDAYThe atmosphere is such a roiling mess that it defies analysis even by today’s most sophisticated meteorological algorithms.
GLOBAL WAVE DISCOVERY ENDS 220-YEAR SEARCHCHARLIE WOODAUGUST 13, 2020QUANTA MAGAZINEThe US’s emergency program to keep small businesses afloat during the pandemic was far from perfect, and the data produced about the half a trillion dollars in loans is a total mess.
THE PPP WAS ACTUALLY A BIG SUCCESS ARGUES AN OBAMA-ERA OFFICIALDAN KOPFJULY 16, 2020QUARTZIf Wee Willie Winkie took an interest in anyone, the fortunate man was envied alike by the mess and the rank and file.
KIPLING STORIES AND POEMS EVERY CHILD SHOULD KNOW, BOOK IIRUDYARD KIPLINGAnd yet they tell me he was a pleasant enough fellow in the Mess, this Brigadier, and liked good cooking.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, VOLUME 158, APRIL 28, 1920VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO MESS
- addle
- befuddle
- bewilder
- blunder
- botch
- bungle
- clutter
- complicate
- confound
- daze
- derange
- disarrange
- discombobulate
- disorder
- disorient
- disturb
- entangle
- fluster
- foul
- foul up
- jumble
- louse up
- make a mess of
- mess
- misarrange
- mix
- mix up
- muck
- mumble
- murmur
- nonplus
- perplex
- perturb
- psych out
- rattle
- ravel
- ruffle
- scramble
- shuffle
- snafu
- snarl
- spoil
- stir up
- stumble
- stupefy
- tangle
- throw
- throw off
- tumble
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- default
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- delinquency
- dereliction
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- neglect
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- omission
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
- Catch-22
- asperity
- bad news
- bind
- circumstance
- clutch
- condition
- corner
- crisis
- deadlock
- deep water
- dilemma
- drag
- emergency
- exigency
- fix
- hang-up
- hardship
- hole
- hot water
- imbroglio
- impasse
- jam
- juncture
- large order
- lot
- mess
- muddle
- pass
- perplexity
- pickle
- pinch
- plight
- position
- posture
- puzzle
- quagmire
- quandary
- rigor
- rough go
- scrape
- soup
- spot
- state
- strait
- ticklish spot
- tight situation
- trouble
- vicissitude
- asperities
- bad news
- binds
- catch-22s
- circumstances
- clutches
- conditions
- corners
- crises
- deadlocks
- deep waters
- dilemmas
- drags
- emergencies
- exigencies
- fixes
- hang-ups
- hardships
- holes
- hot waters
- imbroglios
- impasses
- jams
- junctures
- large orders
- lots
- messes
- muddles
- passes
- perplexities
- pickles
- pinches
- plights
- positions
- postures
- puzzles
- quagmires
- quandaries
- rigors
- rough gos
- scrapes
- soups
- spots
- states
- straits
- vicissitudes
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