mess – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of mess

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youmess up
weLet's mess up
youmess up

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)