mess – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of mess

Nominal Forms

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

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Subjunctive

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperfect

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

Pluperfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

Imperative

youmess around
weLet's mess around
youmess around

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

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

Perfect

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

Past

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

Pluperfect

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

Future

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

Future Perfect

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

Conditional

Present

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

Perfect

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

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)