Synonyms for Make a mess of:

• n.

  •ruination (noun)
  • destruction,
  • bane,
  • destroyer,
  • wreckers,
  • downfall,
  • undoing,
  • wrecker.

• v.

  •blunder, mess up (verb)
  • bungle.
  •bungle (verb)
  • fudge,
  • screw up,
  • fumble,
  • drop the ball,
  • foul up,
  • goof up,
  • butcher,
  • ruin,
  • err,
  • flub,
  • louse up,
  • ball up,
  • spoil,
  • mar,
  • mishandle,
  • mess up,
  • mismanage,
  • muff,
  • boggle,
  • miscalculate,
  • gum up.
  •butcher (verb)
  • wreck,
  • bollix up,
  • mutilate,
  • destroy.
  •confuse, disorganize (verb)
  • muddle.
  •err (verb)
  • goof,
  • go astray,
  • deviate,
  • sin,
  • blow,
  • misapprehend,
  • be inaccurate,
  • wander,
  • boo-boo,
  • be incorrect,
  • slip up,
  • transgress,
  • blunder,
  • misjudge,
  • lapse,
  • offend,
  • stumble,
  • snafu,
  • trespass,
  • bollix,
  • fall,
  • misbehave,
  • go wrong,
  • be mistaken,
  • stray,
  • snarl up,
  • be in error.
  •flounder (verb)
  • grope,
  • wallow,
  • plunge,
  • flummox,
  • work at,
  • thrash,
  • lurch,
  • come apart at the seams,
  • labor,
  • toss,
  • go at backwards,
  • stub one's toe,
  • go to pieces,
  • travail,
  • miss one's cue,
  • toil,
  • cast about,
  • fall down,
  • pratfall,
  • bobble,
  • flop,
  • strive,
  • trip up,
  • tumble.
  •mishandle/mismanage (verb)
  • misgovern,
  • put foot in,
  • harm,
  • confound,
  • be incompetent,
  • pervert,
  • Misemploy,
  • misapply,
  • misuse,
  • be inefficient,
  • shoot oneself in foot,
  • misdirect,
  • make a hash of,
  • misconduct,
  • overlook,
  • prostitute,
  • mistreat,
  • maladminister.
  •muddle (verb)
  • disorient,
  • bewilder,
  • mess,
  • fluster,
  • jumble,
  • perplex,
  • snarl,
  • ravel,
  • daze,
  • murmur,
  • addle,
  • throw,
  • disarrange,
  • discombobulate,
  • psych out,
  • stir up,
  • nonplus,
  • tangle,
  • foul,
  • Misarrange,
  • scramble,
  • mix up,
  • complicate,
  • ruffle,
  • disturb,
  • clutter,
  • muck,
  • perturb,
  • mix,
  • entangle,
  • rattle,
  • derange,
  • disorder,
  • throw off,
  • befuddle,
  • stupefy,
  • mumble,
  • shuffle.
  •muff (verb)
  • choke,
  • slip.
  •ruin (verb)
  • defile,
  • dilapidate,
  • mangle,
  • raze,
  • wreak havoc on,
  • ravish,
  • devour,
  • use up,
  • maim,
  • wipe out,
  • deplete,
  • clean out,
  • shatter,
  • lay waste,
  • impoverish,
  • overwhelm,
  • reduce,
  • spoilate,
  • overturn,
  • smash,
  • wrack,
  • disfigure,
  • total,
  • bust,
  • rape,
  • overthrow,
  • crush,
  • exhaust,
  • deface,
  • pillage,
  • deplore,
  • bring to ruin,
  • sack,
  • demolish,
  • bankrupt,
  • break,
  • fleece,
  • beggar,
  • do in,
  • drain,
  • bring down,
  • desecrate,
  • despoil,
  • decimate,
  • Depredate,
  • injure,
  • defeat.

• Other synonyms:

  •bungle
  • botch.
  •err
  • booboos,
  • going astray,
  • goes astray,
  • booboo,
  • slipped up,
  • snarled up,
  • slipping up,
  • Transgressed,
  • slips up,
  • going wrong,
  • bollixing,
  • bollixed,
  • was mistaken,
  • went astray,
  • boo-boos,
  • snafued,
  • goes wrong.
  •puzzle
  • confuse.
  •ruin
  • Beggared,
  • bringing ruin,
  • dilapidates,
  • Dilapidating,
  • using up,
  • cleaning out,
  • Bankrupted,
  • laying waste,
  • Bankrupting,
  • brought to ruin,
  • Beggaring,
  • laid waste,
  • over turn,
  • used up,
  • lays waste,
  • cleaned out,
  • bankrupts.
  •Other relevant words:
  • flounder,
  • pauperize,
  • ruination,
  • hash up,
  • hash.

Antonyms for Make a mess of:

• n.

  • ruination
    creation, success, building.

• v.

  • bungle
    manage, grow, do well, help, succeed, fix.
  • butcher
    create, repair, build.
  • err
    behave, obey, stay, understand, correct.
  • flounder
    idle, laze.
  • mishandle/mismanage
    handle.
  • muddle
    comfort, clarify, calm, enlighten, clear up, organize, explain, untangle, uncomplicate, arrange, speak clearly, educate, order, untwist, soothe, explicate.
  • pauperize
    expand, give, let go, encourage, yield, invigorate, fill, increase, inspirit.
  • ruin
    cure, strengthen, aid, adorn, protect, honor, lose, assist, develop, sanctify, surrender, construct, praise, beautify, heal, ornament, decorate, mend.