mess up

English Thesaurus

1. make a mess of or create disorder in (verb.change)

hypernym	:	disarray, disorder,
definition	:	bring disorder to (verb.change)

2. disturb the smoothness of (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	disarrange,
definition	:	destroy the arrangement or order of (verb.contact)

3. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

hypernym	:	fail, go wrong, miscarry,
definition	:	be unsuccessful (verb.social)

4. make a mess of or create disorder in (verb.change)

derivation	:	mess, messiness, muss, mussiness,
definition	:	a state of confusion and disorderliness (noun.state)

5. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

derivation	:	bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall,
definition	:	an embarrassing mistake (noun.act)

derivation	:	balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up,
definition	:	something badly botched or muddled (noun.act)

derivation	:	fluff,
definition	:	a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act)

derivation	:	screwup,
definition	:	the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act)

derivation	:	spoil, spoilage, spoiling,
definition	:	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it (noun.act)

derivation	:	blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler,
definition	:	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence (noun.person)

6. make a mess of or create disorder in (verb.change)

derivation	:	mess, messiness, muss, mussiness,
definition	:	a state of confusion and disorderliness (noun.state)

7. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

derivation	:	bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall,
definition	:	an embarrassing mistake (noun.act)

derivation	:	balls-up, ballup, cockup, mess-up,
definition	:	something badly botched or muddled (noun.act)

derivation	:	fluff,
definition	:	a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act)

derivation	:	screwup,
definition	:	the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act)

derivation	:	spoil, spoilage, spoiling,
definition	:	the act of spoiling something by causing damage to it (noun.act)

derivation	:	blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, butcher, fuckup, fumbler, sad sack, stumbler,
definition	:	someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence (noun.person)