Synonyms Dictionary
7. confuse, muddle, mix up, Inf. foul up, Sl. screw up, Sl. ball up, Sl. bollix up; disturb, disrupt, scramble, jumble, snarl, tangle, upset the apple cart, throw a monkey wrench into the works, message, n. 1. communication, communique, missive, dispatch, transmittal, transmission, transmittance; letter, epistle, Inf. memorandum, Inf. memo, note, line, few words, card, postcard; telegram, cablegram, cable, wire, wireless, radiogram, Rare, mar-conigram, Brit, express; reply, response, rejoinder, answer.
2. news, tidings, good news, word; information, intelligence, report; content, what [s.o.] says or writes.
3. announcement, notice, bulletin, brief word, Both Rom. Cath. Ch. encyclical, bull; statement, speech, declaration, manifesto, address.
4. meaning, point, idea, hidden or underlying meaning, intimation; intent, aim. messenger, n. 1. courier, carrier, bearer, bringer, intelligencer, carrier pigeon; postman, mailman, mail carrier, letter carrier, postrider, post boy, pony express rider, dispatch rider, rider, estafette; Pheidipides, Hermes, Mercury, Iris, Ariel.
2. envoy, emissary, legate, go-between, intermediary, (in Turkey) chiaus; runner, errand-runner, bellhop, U.S. bellboy, porter, office boy, page, Sl. gopher; lackey, servant, slave, messiah, n. 1. deliverer, savior, redeemer, emancipator, liberator, manumitter; lifesaver, rescuer, preserver, saver, Euph. life-preserver.
2. zealot, firebrand, leader, charismatic leader, helmsman, German. Fuehrer.
3. Messiah a. expected Deliverer, Savior; Hebrew. Meshiach; spiritual leader, prophet, forerunner, messenger, harbinger,
b. Jesus Christ, King of Kings, Lord of Lords. See Jesus. messmate, n. commensal, table-mate, bench-mate, eating partner; buddy, comrade, comrade-in-arms, mate, fellow, pal, chum, Inf. side kick; shipmate, roommate, Inf roomie; partner, companion, confrere, friend, fast friend, colleague, crony, messy, adj. 1. dirty, grubby, sloppy, filthy, Sl. grungy; slovenly, slatternly, frowzy, piggy, dowdy, bedraggled, frumpy; unkempt, slipshod, untidy, disheveled; disorderly, disarranged, disorganized, at sixes and sevens; confused, muddled, macaronic, jumbled, topsy-turvy, every whichway; turbid, chaotic, entangled, snarled up, Sl. fouled up, Sl. bollixed up, at cross-purposes.
2. embarrassing, awkward, inconvenient, disconcerting, frustrating, discombobulating, ticklish; difficult, inextricable, uncontrollable; thorny, hard, tough, bad; unpleasant, disturbing, perturbing; bothersome, worrisome, rotten, nasty. metal, n. 1. element, mineral, ore, bullion, Metall. pig; alloy.
2. spirit, temper, mettle, pluck, resoluteness, strength of mind, Inf. toughness, Inf. backbone, metallic, adj. 1. metalline, iron, leaden, steely; hard, solid, firm, hard as nails; tempered, heat-treated, hardened, toughened.
2. shiny, glossy, gleaming, lustrous, argentine, polished, burnished, reflective; smooth, slick, sleek.
3. (all of sound) raucous, dissonant, grating, harsh, shrill, tinny; clashing, jangling, jangly, jarring. metamorphic, adj. changeable, alterable, mutable, protean, proteiform; unstable, unfixed, mobile, plastic, changing, transitory; ever-changing, changeful, variable, chameleonlike.
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