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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cluttered, dirty |
| Synonyms: | blotchy, careless, chaotic, confused, disheveled, disordered, disorganized, grimy, grubby, littered, muddled, raunchy*, rumpled, slapdash, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfastidious, unkempt, untidy |
| Antonyms: | clean, ordered, organized, uncluttered |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | calamitous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disastrous; tragic |
| Synonyms: | adverse, afflictive, blighting, cataclysmic, catastrophic, deadly, deplorable, devastating, dire, fatal, grievous, harmful, heartbreaking, lamentable, messy, pernicious, regrettable, ruinous, unfavorable, unfortunate, woeful |
| Antonyms: | blessed, comforting, favorable, fortunate, happy, joyous, wonderful |
| Main Entry: | confused |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mixed up, disordered |
| Synonyms: | anarchic, blurred, chaotic, disarranged, disorderly, disorganized, haywire, in a muddle, in disarray, involved, jumbled, messy, miscalculated, miscellaneous, mistaken, misunderstood, obscured, out of order, snafu, snarled, topsy-turvy, unsettled, untidy |
| Antonyms: | methodical, ordered, organized, separated, systematic |
| Main Entry: | dirty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | soiled, unclean |
| Synonyms: | bedraggled, begrimed, black, contaminated, cruddy, crummy, defiled, disarrayed, dishabille, disheveled, dreggy, dungy, dusty, filthy, foul, fouled, greasy, grimy, grubby, grungy, icky, lousy, messy, mucky, muddy, mung, murky, nasty, pigpen, polluted, raunchy, scummy, scuzzy, slatternly, slimy, sloppy, slovenly, smudged, smutty, sooty, spattered, spotted, squalid, stained, straggly, sullied, undusted, unhygienic, unkempt, unlaundered, unsanitary, unsightly, unswept, untidy, unwashed, yucky |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, spotless, sterile |
| Main Entry: | disheveled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrinkled, unkempt in appearance |
| Synonyms: | bagged out, beat up, bedraggled, blowzy, dirty, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, frowzy, grubby, messed up, messy, mussed up, mussy, ruffled, rumpled, scuzzy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, unbuttoned, uncombed, unfastidious, untidy, unzipped |
| Antonyms: | neat, ordered, orderly, tidy, unwrinkled |
| Main Entry: | grimy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty |
| Synonyms: | begrimed, besmirched, cruddy, dingy*, filthy, foul, grubby, grungy, messy, mucky, nasty, scuzzy, sleazy*, smeared, smutty, soiled, sooty, sordid, squalid, unclean |
| Antonyms: | clean, pure, sterile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grubby |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty, disheveled |
| Synonyms: | besmeared, black, filthy, foul, frowzy, grimy, grungy, impure, messy, mucky, nasty, scruffy, scuzzy, seedy, shabby, sloppy, slovenly, smutty, soiled, sordid, squalid, unclean, uncleanly, unkempt, untidy, unwashed |
| Antonyms: | clean, cleanly, dressed-up, neat |
| Main Entry: | grungy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dirty and unkempt |
| Synonyms: | cruddy, dilapidated, disgusting, disheveled, filthy, flimsy, foul, greasy, grimy, grubby, messy, nasty, offensive, repellent, revolting, rundown, scummy, scuzzy, shoddy, slimy, sloppy, trashy, unclean, unwashed, vile, wretched |
| Main Entry: | haywire |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | broken; crazy |
| Synonyms: | amiss, amok, batty, berserk, bonkers*, chaotic, confused, cracked, crazed, defective, disordered, disorganized, erratic, flipped, in a mess, in pieces, insane, mad, messy, nuts, orderless, out of order, out of whack, out to lunch, psycho, schizo, screwball, screwy, touched*, unbalanced, unglued, unhinged, wacky |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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