messed up

In complete disarray

Messed up describes something damaged, disordered, or wrong.

A messed up room is in disarray.

A messed up situation has gone badly.

Applied to people, it suggests psychological damage or dysfunction: He's pretty messed up after the divorce.

The phrase also works as an exclamation about something disturbing or unfair: That's messed up.

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head case · wrecked · screwed up · train wreck · ruined · fell apart · untidy · flubbed · blunder · unhinged · disarrayed · out of order · maladjusted · not right · hosed · broken · muddled · disordered

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Opposites
physical order/arrangement

messed upneat

Orderly, or undiluted

tidy · orderly · organized · pristine · immaculate

functionality/condition

messed upfixed

Restored or immovable

repaired · working · functional · intact · in working order

psychological/emotional state

messed upwell-adjusted

Psychologically healthy and adaptive

healthy · stable · balanced · together · sane

Family

mess, messy, messenger, messed, messes, messing, messily, messier, messiest

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG