Black and Messed

Black

Black adjective - Not clean.
Usage example: don't you dare touch my curtains with those black hands!

Messed and black are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Messed" instead an adjective "Black".

Messed

Messed adjective - Lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness.

Black and messed are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Black" instead an adjective "Messed".

Nearby Words: mess, messy, messing

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Ozzy Osbourne He wanted it to have a hypnotic black and white swirl, but the luthier messed up and painted a bull's eye instead.
  • Token Minority aka: Token Black One of those later books was the Remnants series, which had several black, Hispanic, and Asian characters, a character who had a messed up face because it was burned in a fire (2Face), and Noyze, who grew up deaf.
  • Forgiveness After Peter has freed himself of the black suit, Aunt May comes on by and Peter tells his Aunt that he has royally messed things up with his Love Interest and is now lost on what to do.
    Source: Forgiveness
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