messed
SayMEST/mɛst/
- 1Simple past and past participle of mess.
She messed up her lines during the opening night performance.
Someone messed with the thermostat overnight, and the office was freezing.
Note
Whether this form can be passive depends on which meaning of mess is in play. The transitive meanings, throwing into disorder or soiling, allow both patterns: the room was messed, she had messed the room. The intransitive ones, interfering or taking meals together in a mess, have no object to promote, so they appear only in the past and perfect: the officers messed together; they had messed aboard for years.
messed is a form of mess
mess, verb: To throw into disarray or spoil something completely. Full entry
- Spelling
- mess → messed: add -ed
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /t/.
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