Corner and Mess

Corner

Corner noun - A difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape.

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Mess and corner are semantically related. in predicament topic. In some cases you can use "Mess" instead a noun "Corner".

Nearby Words: cornered, cornering

Mess noun - A state in which everything is out of order.

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Corner and mess are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Corner" instead a noun "Mess".

Nearby Words: messy, messed, messing

In A Clockwork Orange, the cops beat up Alex to the point where he's a quivering, bloody mess in a corner and offer to hold him down to let his parole officer take a few swings at him.

Source: Police Brutality
When Cain writes an emotive scene where they're stuck in a corner, about to torn apart by ravening hordes of tyranids, Jurgen will placidly comment "Bit of a mess", as if he's offering Cain a sandwich.

Source: Literature / Ciaphas Cain
Hot Corner features the line "He's a mess but he's really pretty" sung by Fred, who had come out by this point.

Source: Ho Yay / Music