Synonyms and antonyms of To make things untidy in American Thesaurus

muddle (verb)

to put things into a messy state or the wrong order

tangle (verb)

if something tangles, or if you tangle it, its parts become twisted around each other or around something else so that they look messy and are difficult to separate

clutter (verb)

to put too many things in a place so that it looks messy

mess up ()

to make something dirty or not neat

sprawl (verb)

to stretch over or across something in an ugly and messy way

muck up ()

to make something dirty or messy

turn something upside down ()

to make a place very messy while you are searching for something

disarrange (verb)

formal to upset the order of something, or to make something look messy

muss (verb)

Americaninformal to make something messy, especially someone’s hair

make a mess of something ()

to make something look dirty or not neat

be in/get into a (real) state ()

to be in/start to be in a bad or messy condition