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Meanings of mess-up in English

Catalan
merder
Spanish
lío

Something badly botched or muddled.

merder
Synonyms
Examples for "cockup"
Examples for "cockup"
1
Grunwald tried to be gentle but candid about the driver's license cockup: It wasn't great.
Game change: obama and the clintons, mccain and palin, and the r...
2
Those who cockup had better take out insurance.
The Irish Times
3
It was a total ongoing cockup.
Patient Zero
4
I'll do my best to pick you up in a day or two, if this cockup gets sorted by then.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
Both the US and UK have their litany of favourite defence procurement cockups.
The Guardian
1
I've made a right balls-up of this from start to finish.
Report for Murder
2
We know what a balls-up our masters have made at home.
Jem
3
He knew he was making a right old balls-up of this.
The Naked God
4
It's an absolute balls-up... the whole of New Zealand's transport system is really really fragile.
Radio NZ
5
Not after the balls-up you made of things the last time I stepped out for a moment.
From hell with love
Usage of mess-up in English
1
What is this?' She said there was a confusion, there was a mess-up.
The Guardian
2
Divorce and a general mess-up-the usual end, I take it.
Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
3
There was a real mess-up between Boycott and Jim Love, who was also batting.
The Guardian
4
And if I did, it would just be in my messed-up fantasies.
World After
5
Prob'ly lookin' at all them dead, messed-up faces and playin' with hisself!
Swan Song
6
You are entitled to a couple of mess-ups along the way.
The Guardian
7
That's a pretty messed-up reason, but it wasn't the kid's fault.
Percy Jackson’s Greek Gods
8
If you'd had him in your computer centre, these mess-ups wouldn't have happened.'
Self's punishment
9
The titular character is messed-up, violent and gripped by neuroses, self-doubt and PTSD.
News.com.au
10
This world is wrapped in complex, messed-up, senseless, and incomprehensible misfortune and sadness.
Welcome to the N.H.K.
11
These are fallible, coherent characters, making mistakes and stumbling through a messed-up world.
Wired
12
The closer our man gets to the truth, the more messed-up he becomes.
The Guardian
13
And that's the most messed-up thing about it. He keeps his head down.
Deadfall
14
It causes a lot of grief and messed-up feelings between musicians and other artists.
Ebony
15
What kind of messed-up family are we dealing with? Notus just shook his head.
Book One: Apotheosis
16
She wanted to kiss Ezra for having as messed-up a family as she did.
Perfect
Translations for mess-up
Spanish
lío