messes (up)
verb
1
as in fumbles
to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way messed up the drawing and had to start over Synonyms & Similar Words
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- fumbles
- blows
- buggers (up)
- bollixes (up)
- fouls up
- ruins
- murders
- goofs (up)
- mucks up
- screws up
- boots
- dubs
- boggles
- spoils
- botches
- muffs
- damages
- destroys
- butchers
- flubs
- bungles
- foozles
- louses up
- mars
- fluffs
- mangles
- bobbles
- bumbles
- wrecks
- blunders
- flaws
- injures
- gums (up)
- hurts
- harms
- piffles
- impairs
- muddles
- mutilates
- blights
- blemishes
- vitiates
- mismanages
- mishandles
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- improves
- enhances
- helps
- reforms
- remedies
- ameliorates
- refines
- meliorates
- rectifies
- betters
- repairs
- doctors
- fixes
- reconditions
- patches
- revamps
- renovates
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as in disrupts
to undo the proper order or arrangement of a nap had messed up her hair and she looked a sight Synonyms & Similar Words
- disrupts
- confuses
- shuffles
- disturbs
- disorders
- mixes (up)
- disarranges
- disarrays
- discomposes
- disorganizes
- disjoints
- upsets
- jumbles
- tousles
- dishevels
- scrambles
- deranges
- muddles
- musses
- dislocates
- snarls
- hashes
- rumples
- tangles
- tumbles
- embroils
- stirs (up)
- perturbs
- unsettles
- clutters
- entangles
- agitates
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- straightens (up)
- ranges
- orders
- regulates
- lines
- organizes
- arranges
- disposes
- lines up
- arrays
- aligns
- marshals
- tidies
- marshalls
- classifies
- queues
- draws up
- spruces (up)
- systematizes
- codifies
- adjusts
- systemizes
- alines
- fixes
- makes up
- methodizes
- grooms
- unscrambles
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as in stumbles
to make a mistake if anyone messes up even once while we're recording, we have to start all over again Synonyms & Similar Words
- fumbles
- stumbles
- trips
- slips up
- fouls up
- blunders
- goofs (up)
- screws up
- louses up
- errs
- boobs
- flubs
- nods
- mistakes
- drops the ball
- fluffs
- lays an egg
- misunderstands
- murders
- foozles
- misconceives
- muffs
- miscounts
- miscues
- botches
- misjudges
- misconstrues
- bungles
- miscalculates
- misdeems
- butchers
- mangles
- misgauges
- bobbles
- misinterprets
- mishandles
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as in licks
to strike repeatedly "If I catch you looking at my girlfriend, I'm going to mess you up!" he threatened Synonyms & Similar Words
- licks
- pounds
- hides
- lashes
- attacks
- beats
- assaults
- does
- whips
- slaps
- pelts
- hits
- batters
- works over
- knocks
- roughs (up)
- punches out
- punches
- thumps
- bats
- spanks
- smashes
- slams
- raids
- mauls
- chops
- pummels
- clubs
- beats up on
- bashes
- bludgeons
- smacks
- bungs up
- storms
- slates
- hammers
- threshes
- buffets
- boxes
- switches
- lathers
- curries
- bastes
- paddles
- fibs
- wounds
- drubs
- tans
- belts
- thrashes
- wallops
- lambastes
- whales
- birches
- laces
- pommels
- swipes
- whacks
- belabors
- flogs
- slogs
- whups
- whaps
- whops
- lambasts
- rushes
- lays on
- swats
- cracks
- straps
- thwacks
- tromps
- besets
- socks
- pastes
- lams
- cuffs
- assails
- whams
- jumps (on)
- clobbers
- fustigates
- clouts
- cudgels
- scourges
- pounces (on or upon)
- busts
- flagellates
- descends (on or upon)
- canes
- lacerates
- leathers
- horsewhips
- pistol-whips
- blackjacks
- cowhides
- rawhides
- gores
- whomps
- mutilates
- maims
- mangles