mess – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of mess

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to mess
Participle: messed
Gerund: messing

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Imess
youmess
he;she;itmesses
wemess
youmess
theymess

Perfect

Ihave messed
youhave messed
he;she;ithas messed
wehave messed
youhave messed
theyhave messed

Past

Imessed
youmessed
he;she;itmessed
wemessed
youmessed
theymessed

Pluperfect

Ihad messed
youhad messed
he;she;ithad messed
wehad messed
youhad messed
theyhad messed

Future

Iwill mess
youwill mess
he;she;itwill mess
wewill mess
youwill mess
theywill mess

Future Perfect

Iwill have messed
youwill have messed
he;she;itwill have messed
wewill have messed
youwill have messed
theywill have messed

Subjunctive

Present

Imess
youmess
he;she;itmess
wemess
youmess
theymess

Perfect

Ihave messed
youhave messed
he;she;ithave messed
wehave messed
youhave messed
theyhave messed

Imperfect

Imessed
youmessed
he;she;itmessed
wemessed
youmessed
theymessed

Pluperfect

Ihad messed
youhad messed
he;she;ithad messed
wehad messed
youhad messed
theyhad messed

Conditional

Present

Iwould mess
youwould mess
he;she;itwould mess
wewould mess
youwould mess
theywould mess

Perfect

Iwould have messed
youwould have messed
he;she;itwould have messed
wewould have messed
youwould have messed
theywould have messed

Imperative

youmess
weLet's mess
youmess

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam messing
youare messing
he;she;itis messing
weare messing
youare messing
theyare messing

Perfect

Ihave been messing
youhave been messing
he;she;ithas been messing
wehave been messing
youhave been messing
theyhave been messing

Past

Iwas messing
youwere messing
he;she;itwas messing
wewere messing
youwere messing
theywere messing

Pluperfect

Ihad been messing
youhad been messing
he;she;ithad been messing
wehad been messing
youhad been messing
theyhad been messing

Future

Iwill be messing
youwill be messing
he;she;itwill be messing
wewill be messing
youwill be messing
theywill be messing

Future Perfect

Iwill have been messing
youwill have been messing
he;she;itwill have been messing
wewill have been messing
youwill have been messing
theywill have been messing

Conditional

Present

Iwould be messing
youwould be messing
he;she;itwould be messing
wewould be messing
youwould be messing
theywould be messing

Perfect

Iwould have been messing
youwould have been messing
he;she;itwould have been messing
wewould have been messing
youwould have been messing
theywould have been messing

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'mess'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Verbs similar to 'mess'

cess, fess, jess, kess, less, mass, mese, mesh, miss, moss,

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

confuse
muddle, mix
clutter
litter, jumble
dirty
soil, smear

Antonyms

dirty
decent, moral, fair, elevated

Additional Information

Etymology

1. c.1300, "food for one meal, pottage," from O.Fr. mes "portion of food, course at dinner," from L.L. missus "course at dinner," lit. "placing, putting (on a table, etc.)," from mittere "to put, place," from L. mittere "to send, let go" (see mission). Sense of "mixed food" led to contemptuous use for "jumble, mixed mass" (1828), and figurative sense of "state of confusion" (1834), as well as "condition of untidiness" (1851). Meaning "communal eating place"(esp. a military one) is first attested 1536, from earlier sense of "company of persons eating together" (c.1420), originally a group of four. Messy "untidy" is attested from 1843. To mess with "interfere, get involved" is from 1903; mess up "make a mistake, get in trouble" is from 1933, both orig. Amer.Eng. colloquial.
2. Perhaps a corruption of Middle English mesh (“mash”), compare muss, or derived from Etymology 2 "mixed foods, as for animals". Compare also Old English mes (“dung, excrement”).

Verbs referencing "mess"

Spanish meter, Norwegian messe, Norwegian, nynorsk messe.

Sample Sentences

  • Should I pop the trunk? I 'm just asking. I 'm just messing with you. (Vinci 2)