messed up

adjective

, Slang.

1. beaten up; looking disarrayed.
2. confused and unhappy.
3. intoxicated with alcohol or narcotics.

Example Sentences

Her supervisor and mentor, Professor Louis Leakey, though, saw the value in her technique: “He wanted somebody whose mind wasn't messed up by the reductionist attitude of science to animals,” Dr Goodall explains.

From BBC

“Everyone has messed up, from the local mayor to the regional president to the government in Madrid.”

From BBC

They respected each other because Bruno was in the military and became a criminal and George messed up in his youth and then he became a cop.

From Salon

She said she was not apologising because the SNP or Scottish government had "messed up", but because the £3bn project had faced significant challenges beyond their control, including from Brexit and the Covid pandemic.

From BBC

That much was made clear in a recent Q&A event, where Musk complained, "If masculinity is so toxic, how come the kids that are messed up don't have dads?"

From Salon

Related Words

• bedraggled
• dilapidated
• disheveled
• grubby
• grungy
• messy
• neglected
• rumpled
• scruffy
• shaggy