Muss — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a state of confusion and disorderliness

type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈʌs/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈʌs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈʌs/

1 syllable Say it as /mˈʌs/.

Examples

the house was a mess
she smoothed the mussiness of the bed
the child mussed up my hair

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

messiness mussiness genus Mus mess Mus tussle

Parts of Speech

noun	a state of confusion and disorderliness “the house was a mess”
noun	type genus of the Muridae: common house mice; the tips of the upper incisors have a square notch
verb	make messy or untidy “the child mussed up my hair”

Word Forms

messy	adjective	dirty and disorderly
mess	verb	make a mess of or create disorder in
mussy	adjective	dirty and disorderly
muss	verb	make messy or untidy
muss	noun	a state of confusion and disorderliness

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

musc

un état de confusion et de désordre

🇪🇸Spanish

chafar

un estado de confusión y desorden

🇳🇱Dutch

moes

een staat van verwarring en wanorde

🇵🇹Portuguese

bagunça

um estado de confusão e desordem

🇷🇺Russian

беспорядок

состояние смятения и беспорядка

India

🇮🇳Hindi

अव्यवस्था

भ्रम और अव्यवस्था की स्थिति

🇮🇳Tamil

மஸ்

குழப்பம் மற்றும் ஒழுங்கற்ற நிலை

🇮🇳Telugu

ముద్ద

గందరగోళం మరియు క్రమరాహిత్యం యొక్క స్థితి

🇮🇳Gujarati

મસ

મૂંઝવણ અને અવ્યવસ્થાની સ્થિતિ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಸ್

ಗೊಂದಲ ಮತ್ತು ಅಸ್ತವ್ಯಸ್ತತೆಯ ಸ್ಥಿತಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

മസ്സ്

ആശയക്കുഴപ്പത്തിൻ്റെയും ക്രമക്കേടിൻ്റെയും അവസ്ഥ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੱਸ

ਉਲਝਣ ਅਤੇ ਅਰਾਜਕਤਾ ਦੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

مس

الجھن اور بے ترتیبی کی حالت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

混乱

混乱无序的状态

🇯🇵Japanese

ごちゃごちゃ

混乱と無秩序の状態

🇰🇷Korean

혼란

혼란스럽고 무질서한 상태

🇻🇳Vietnamese

xạ hương

một tình trạng hỗn loạn và mất trật tự

🇹🇭Thai

มัส

สถานะของความสับสนและไม่เป็นระเบียบ

🇮🇩Indonesian

pertengkaran

keadaan kebingungan dan ketidakteraturan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

موس

حالة من الارتباك والفوضى

🇹🇷Turkish

yosun

karışıklık ve düzensizlik durumu

🇮🇱Hebrew

לִפְרוֹעַ

מצב של בלבול ואי סדר

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