mess – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of mess

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to mess about
Participle: messed about
Gerund: messing about

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Imess about
youmess about
he;she;itmesses about
wemess about
youmess about
theymess about

Perfect

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

Past

Imessed about
youmessed about
he;she;itmessed about
wemessed about
youmessed about
theymessed about

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Imess about
youmess about
he;she;itmess about
wemess about
youmess about
theymess about

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Imessed about
youmessed about
he;she;itmessed about
wemessed about
youmessed about
theymessed about

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youmess about
weLet's mess about
youmess about

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)