Untidy
121heap — noun 1》 a mound or pile of a substance. ↘an untidy collection of objects piled up haphazardly. 2》 informal a large amount or number: we have heaps of room. 3》 informal an untidy or dilapidated place or vehicle. adverb (heaps) Brit. informal a …
122mess — noun 1》 a dirty or untidy state or condition. ↘euphemistic a domestic animal s excrement. 2》 a confused and problematic situation. ↘a person whose life is confused and full of problems. 3》 a place in which members of the armed forces take …
123straggle — verb 1》 move along slowly so as to trail behind the person or people in front. 2》 grow or spread out in an irregular, untidy way. noun an irregular and untidy group. Derivatives straggler noun straggly adjective Origin ME: perh. from dialect… …
124slovenly — a. 1. Untidy, unclean. 2. Disorderly, loose, untidy. 3. Perfunctory, heedless, reckless, careless, lazy, negligent …
125clutter — 1 also clutter up verb (T) 1 to cover or fill a space or room with too many things, so that it looks very untidy: Piles of books and papers cluttered his desk. | be cluttered (up) with: The front room was cluttered up with ornaments and antique… …
126dump — 1 verb 1 PUT STH SOMEWHERE (transitive always + adv/prep) to put something such as a load, bag etc somewhere in a careless, untidy way: dump sth in/on/there etc: Who dumped all these books on my desk? 2 GET RID OF (T) to get rid of someone or… …
127heap — 1 noun (C) 1 a large untidy pile of things: a rubbish heap (+ of): heaps of dead leaves | in heaps: Dirty clothes lay in heaps on the floor. 2 heaps of informal a lot of something: Don t worry, we ve got heaps of time. 3 humorous an old car that… …
128litter — 1 noun 1 (U) bits of waste paper, containers etc that people have thrown away and left on the ground in a public place: Please take your litter away with you. compare garbage, rubbish 1, trash 1 2 (C) a group of baby animals such as dogs or cats… …
