" muss "

1: a state in which everything is out of order;

  * e.g., " ... careful planning had eliminated most of the muss that usually accompanies a move to a new house "

•  Synonyms : 

•  chance-medley,

•  chaos,

•  confusion,

•  disarrangement,

•  disarray,

•  dishevelment,

•  disorder,

•  disorderedness,

•  disorderliness,

•  disorganization,

•  free-for-all,

•  havoc,

•  heck,

•  hell,

•  jumble,

•  mare's nest,

•  mess,

•  messiness,

•  misorder,

•  muddle,

•  shambles,

•  snake pit,

•  tumble,

•  welter

•  Antonyms : 

•  order,

•  orderliness

1: to undo the proper order or arrangement of;

  * e.g., " ... the wind mussed up my hair "

•  Synonyms : 

•  confuse,

•  derange,

•  disarrange,

•  disarray,

•  discompose,

•  dishevel,

•  disjoint,

•  dislocate,

•  disorder,

•  disorganize,

•  disrupt,

•  disturb,

•  hash,

•  jumble,

•  mess (up),

•  mix (up),

•  muddle,

•  rumple,

•  scramble,

•  shuffle,

•  tousle,

•  tumble,

•  upset

•  Antonyms : 

•  arrange,

•  array,

•  dispose,

•  draw up,

•  marshal,

•  order,

•  organize,

•  range,

•  regulate,

•  straighten (up),

•  tidy

1: as in mess (up);

•  Synonyms : 

•  mess (up),

•  contract,

•  furrow,

•  knit,

•  crisp,

•  ripple,

•  ruffle,

•  corrugate,

•  crease,

•  crimp,

•  fold,

•  pleat,

•  pucker,

•  ruck,

•  crinkle,

•  crumple,

•  rumple,

•  scrunch,

•  wrinkle

•  Antonyms : 

•  flatten,

•  iron out,

•  smooth,

•  smoothen,

•  uncrumple,

•  even,

•  iron,

•  press,

•  straighten,

•  unfold,

•  neaten,

•  tidy