mess
noun
a state of confusion and disorderliness
“the house was a mess”
“she smoothed the mussiness of the bed”
informal terms for a difficult situation
“he got into a terrible fix”
“he made a muddle of his marriage”
soft semiliquid food
“a mess of porridge”
a meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel
a (large) military dining room where service personnel eat or relax
Synonymsmess hall(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent
“a batch of letters”
“a deal of trouble”
verb
eat in a mess hall
make a mess of or create disorder in
“He messed up his room”
Synonymsmess up
Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University