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messed

  • past participle of mess.
  • past tense form of mess.

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The singer, 43, recalled meeting the "Toxic" singer on his "Pretty Messed Up" podcast.

From Fox News • Jun. 29, 2021

They published their findings on Medium this week under the title “Der Spiegel Journalist Messed With the Wrong Small Town.”

From New York Times • Dec. 20, 2018

“I haven’t heard that kind of eloquent denunciation since the civil war novel The Red Badge of Dang, That’s Messed Up,” Colbert said.

From The Guardian • Feb. 23, 2017

"Regarding the past two weeks, it's been fun. Learned a lot. Messed up a couple times but that's how it goes as an intern," he said.

From Reuters • Feb. 3, 2016

Messed up that I’m sorta relieved by that.

From "On the Come Up" by Angie Thomas