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MUSSINESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mussiness mean? 

MUSSINESS (noun)
  The noun MUSSINESS has 1 sense:

1. a state of confusion and disorderlinessplay

  Familiarity information: MUSSINESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MUSSINESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A state of confusion and disorderliness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

mess; messiness; muss; mussiness

Context example:

she smoothed the mussiness of the bed

Hypernyms ("mussiness" is a kind of...):

disorder; disorderliness (a condition in which things are not in their expected places)

Derivation:

mussy (dirty and disorderly)


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