Definition: make a mess of or create disorder in
Usage: He messed up his room
Synonyms: ruffle, ruffle up, rumple, mess up
Definition: disturb the smoothness of
Usage: ruffle the surface of the water
Similar words: disarrange
Definition: destroy the arrangement or order of
Usage: My son disarranged the papers on my desk
Synonyms: flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, ball up, spoil, screw up, mishandle, muck up, muff, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle
Definition: make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Usage: I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Similar words: fail, miscarry, go wrong
Definition: be unsuccessful
Usage: Where do today's public schools fail?; The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably