muss
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Synonyms & Antonyms for muss
Synonyms: Noun
chance-medley, chaos, confusion, disarrangement, disarray, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, shambles, snake pit, tumble, welter
Synonyms: Verb
confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset
Antonyms: Noun
Antonyms: Verb
arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy
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Examples of muss in a Sentence
Noun
careful planning had eliminated most of the muss that usually accompanies a move to a new houseVerb
His suit was mussed when he got out of the car. the wind mussed up my hair
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Forget the fuss and muss associated with actual effort. — Jim Geraghty, National Review, "Twenty Things You Probably Didn’t Know about Marianne Williamson," 1 July 2019 Priorities are changing and no-muss, no-fuss canned drinks are in. — Michelle Santiago Cortés, refinery29.com, "Is Hard Lemonade The New Drink Of Summer? Trader Joe's Thinks So," 20 June 2019 Sara Huckabee has no right to live a life of no fuss no muss after lying to the press, after inciting against the press. — Fox News, "Kellyanne Conway responds to Democrats' calls to abolish ICE," 3 July 2018 Many places sell meat by the pound and have catering menus, allowing you to have a smoke-free, no-muss backyard barbecue. — Michele Parente, sandiegouniontribune.com, "San Diego's best BBQ: Here's where to make a pit stop," 13 May 2018 Time Capsule, especially, provided one-stop, no-muss backup for people who didn’t want to fiddle with external hard drives. — Brian Barrett, WIRED, "Apple’s Done Making Airport Routers, So Try These Instead," 28 Apr. 2018 Just dump the water down the drain when you’re done - no fuss, no muss. — Michael Boyce, USA TODAY, "7 crafty ways to use galvanized tubs," 26 Apr. 2018 Amazon Go means swiping the app on the turnstile, waltzing in, grabbing a drink and a sandwich and waltzing right out again: No muss, no fuss, no check out. — Elizabeth Weise, USA TODAY, "The Amazon Go store: techy-cool or creepy-weird?," 26 Jan. 2018 No muss, no fuss, and no need to listen to voice mails. — Barb Darrow, Fortune, "AOL Kills Off AIM, In Many Ways a Perfect Product," 6 Oct. 2017Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Then, once the decision is made, the nervousness around mussing up the pristine new member of the household. — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, "Why I'm on a Quest to Find Chrissy Teigen's "Fear Couch"," 3 Sep. 2019 The show used to be the king of late night but stumbled in the ratings after Fallon’s now-infamous hair mussing appearance with Donald Trump. — Washington Post, "Parsons snub, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ love among Emmy surprises," 16 July 2019 Cillian passes him, mussing Rhys’s carefully parted hair into wild curls and laughing at Rhys’s frustration. — David Canfield, EW.com, "Ready for more Slayer? Get a first look at Kiersten White's next Buffy-based novel," 17 July 2019 And that’s where the off-kilter, abbreviated bangs (slightly mussed with mists of McKnight's Cool Girl Barely There Texture Mist, which hung above the graphic jet-black eyes by makeup artist Peter Philips, came into play. — Lauren Valenti, Vogue, "This Paris Runway Will Change the Way You Think About Bangs," 26 Sep. 2018 Side-part your hair, center-part it, flip it over and muss it up with your fingers—whatever. — Chloe Metzger, Marie Claire, "60-Second Glow Up: How to Get Dewy Skin and Messy Waves Fast," 17 July 2018 The Tonight Show may never break from its mild-mannered routine, but since mussing Trump’s hair, Fallon may have at least grown a little savvier. — David Sims, The Atlantic, "Jimmy Fallon Can’t Ignore Donald Trump," 26 June 2018 His red hair is cut rather short, stylistically mussed, the vogue of someone who wants to play but also wants to be taken seriously. — John Branch, New York Times, "Like Shaun White Before Her, Chloe Kim Dazzles on Way to Winning Halfpipe Gold," 13 Feb. 2018 Back in September, with the election just months away, Jimmy Fallon mussed Donald Trump’s hair. — Laura Bradley, HWD, "How Late Night Sharpened Its Teeth in the Age of Trump," 9 Mar. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'muss.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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