Muss

/mʌs/

Synonyms for "muss" (67 found)

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Closest matches (14)

Noun(4 words)

mess clump disarray dishevel

Verb(1 words)

bedraggle

botch botchery brawl broil clutter derange disarrange disarray dishevel

Strong matches (20)

Noun(6 words)

disheveling disorder disorganize disrupt disturb knot

Adjective(2 words)

dishevelled frowzled

Verb(3 words)

dishevelling dishevels frizzed

dislocate disorder disorganize donnybrook fracas frayfree-for-allhashknock-down-and-drag-out

Related words (33)

litter melee messmess upmisarrangemix upmix-up muddle mullmuss upruction ruffle rumple scatter set-to shambles tousle

Noun(13 words)

messiness mussiness ruffle ruffling rumple sweetheart tangle tousle tousles tousling tuft unsettle untidiness

Verb(3 words)

rumples tousled tussle

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

8 entries

condition disarrange disorder disorderliness mass messiness state tangle

More specific

7 entries

fabric mussfur musshair mussmuss datamuss hairmuss papersmuss schedule

Collocations

10 entries

cloth mussfur musshair mussmuss appearancemuss clothesmuss hairmuss of hairmuss papersmussinessvisible muss

Inflections

3 entries

mussed musses mussing

Derivations

2 entries

mussiness mussy

Sample sentences

4 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

"Muß" is an old and incorrect way of writing of "muss".

Source: tatoeba (12964328)

The old man affectionately mussed his grandson's hair.

Source: wiktionary

Authority melts from me: of late, when I cried 'Ho!' like boys unto a muss, kings would start forth, and cry 'Your will?' Have you no ears? I am Antony yet.

Source: wiktionary

Gods so! a muss, a muss, a muss, a muss.

Source: wiktionary

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