Meanings
comparative more messed up · superlative most messed up · alternative messed-up
- In disorder.
Synonyms: fucked up, off-kilter, unbuttoned
- colloquialIntoxicated, drunk.
Synonyms: Adrian Quist, adrip, aled up, all mops and brooms, arseholed, a sheet in the wind, a sheet in the wind's eye, bedrunken
- colloquialMorally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable.
Publishing those photos of the car crash was messed up.
Synonyms: awful, horrible, sick, fucked up, objectionable
- colloquialDamaged.
Synonyms: clapped out, damaged, defective, deteriorated, dilapidated, effete, faulty, munted
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveIn disorder.
adjectiveIntoxicated, drunk.
adjectiveMorally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable.
adjectiveDamaged.
Translations
Spanish no estar nada bueno
- no estar nada buenomorally reprehensible; clearly and grossly objectionable
Cite this entry
messed up. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messed%20up
“messed up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/messed%20up. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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