mussy
adjective
ˈmə-sē 
mussier; mussiest
: characterized by clutter or muss : messy
mussily
ˈmə-sə-lē
adverb mussiness
ˈmə-sē-nəs
noun 
Synonyms
- chaotic
- cluttered
- confused
- disarranged
- disarrayed
- disheveled
- dishevelled
- disordered
- disorderly
- higgledy-piggledy
- hugger-mugger
- jumbled
- littered
- messed
- messy
- muddled
- mussed
- pell-mell
- rumpled
- sloppy
- topsy-turvy
- tousled
- tumbled
- unkempt
- untidy
- upside-down
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Example Sentences
a mussy pile of papers and books
Word History
First Known Use
circa 1859, in the meaning defined above
mussily
adverb
as in untidily
Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- untidily
- messily
- slatternly
- shabbily
- dingily
- dowdily
- foully
- sleazily
- inelegantly
- nastily
- sloppily
- scruffily
- filthily
- dirtily
- slovenly
- grubbily
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sharply
- sprucely
- smartly
- dashingly
- nattily
- neatly
- orderly
- trimly
- snappily
- tidily
- elegantly
- fashionably
- modishly
- stylishly
- swankily