messy

Adjective complement with noun phrase

• get: Make sure they are dressed in play clothes so it doesn't matter if they get a bit messy.
• look: With the depth added, the Word Art looks a bit messy.
• make: Does the presence of customers make the shop look messy?

Modifying Another Word

• rather: I started off with a rather messy spider diagram of what I thought might be on the site.
• incredibly: Everything else should be main paged when I post, it's just that these look incredibly messy on the front page.
• somewhat: Somewhat messy, probably not a good idea for people with dentures, but delicious healthy and succulent.
• slightly: Pick someone who can get slightly messy without a problem -- not a bridesmaid in shiny taffeta.
• potentially: Love, as most of us have known it, can be sentimental, potentially messy, and most definitely out of control.
• pretty: I've got to admit it all looked pretty messy.

Infinitive complement

eat: Porridge is also good but bananas are much less messy to eat while waiting to go into the examination hall.

Modifies a noun

• eater: Paul ( 14 ) Liam: Why are footballers such messy eaters?
• divorce: He is also trying to come to terms with a messy divorce.
• handwriting: I'm going to type it out to make sure that you can read it: I've got very messy handwriting.
• monster: The pride associated with every creation, at messy monsters we praise every piece of work.
• compromise: The realities of messy political compromise are far in the future.
• affair: First qualifying for the San José Grand Prix was a close, but messy affair that was interrupted twice by red flags.

Used with adjective complement

• get: Name one of the baby goats, race in the egg hunt or just get messy in the arts & crafts area.
• look: I've got to admit it all looked pretty messy.
• become: He or she cannot withdraw just because things become messy.
• sound: It sounds messy, all over the place - but still the melody shines through as Syd rambles his way through the song.