mess – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of mess

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to mess with sth
Participle: messed with sth
Gerund: messing with sth

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Imess with sth
youmess with sth
he;she;itmesses with sth
wemess with sth
youmess with sth
theymess with sth

Perfect

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

Past

Imessed with sth
youmessed with sth
he;she;itmessed with sth
wemessed with sth
youmessed with sth
theymessed with sth

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

Imess with sth
youmess with sth
he;she;itmess with sth
wemess with sth
youmess with sth
theymess with sth

Perfect

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

Imperfect

Imessed with sth
youmessed with sth
he;she;itmessed with sth
wemessed with sth
youmessed with sth
theymessed with sth

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youmess with sth
weLet's mess with sth
youmess with sth

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)