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111higgledy-piggledy — [[t]hɪ̱g(ə)ldi pɪ̱g(ə)ldi[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you say that things are higgledy piggledy, you mean that they are very disorganized and untidy. [INFORMAL] Books are often stacked in higgledy piggledy piles on the floor. Syn: jumbled, untidy ADV… …
112messy — [[t]me̱si[/t]] messier, messiest 1) ADJ GRADED A messy person or activity makes things dirty or untidy. She was a good, if messy, cook... As the work tends to be a bit messy you ll need to wear old clothes. Derived words: messily ADV GRADED usu… …
113ragged — [[t]ræ̱gɪd[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Someone who is ragged looks untidy and is wearing clothes that are old and torn. The five survivors eventually reached safety, ragged, half starved and exhausted. Derived words: raggedly ADV GRADED ADV ed ...a dismal …
114scrawl — [[t]skrɔ͟ːl[/t]] scrawls, scrawling, scrawled 1) VERB If you scrawl something, you write it in a careless and untidy way. [V n prep] He scrawled a hasty note to his wife... [V with quote] Someone had scrawled Scum on his car. [V ed] ...racist… …
115tangle — [[t]tæ̱ŋg(ə)l[/t]] tangles, tangling, tangled 1) N COUNT: usu N of n A tangle of something is a mass of it twisted together in an untidy way. A tangle of wires is all that remains of the computer and phone systems... There he stood: hair in wild… …
116tidy — [[t]ta͟ɪdi[/t]] tidier, tidiest, tidies, tidying, tidied 1) ADJ GRADED Something that is tidy is neat and is arranged in an organized way. Having a tidy desk can seem impossible if you have a busy, demanding job... I ll do your garden, I ll keep… …
117messing — mesɪŋ n. interference, meddling; act of making dirty or untidy; eating in company; wasting time (Slang); involvement in an immoral or unethical situation (Slang) mes n. disorder, disarray, dirtiness; predicament, quandary; place where meals are …
118slattern — slat·tern || slætÉœrn / tÉœËn n. woman or girl who is untidy and slovenly in appearance or habits adj. untidy, slovenly, sloppy …
119slatterns — slat·tern || slætÉœrn / tÉœËn n. woman or girl who is untidy and slovenly in appearance or habits adj. untidy, slovenly, sloppy …
120clutter — verb cover or fill with an untidy collection of things: the lounge was cluttered with books and newspapers. noun things lying about untidily. ↘an untidy state. Origin ME: var. of dialect clotter to clot , influenced by cluster and clatter …
