a pretty mess we're in!
1A Pretty Mess by This One Band — Infobox Album Name = A Pretty Mess by This One Band Type = EP Artist = Grandaddy Released = 1996 Recorded = Genre = Indie rock Length = Label = Producer = Reviews = Last album = Complex Party Come Along Theories (1994) This album = A Pretty Mess… …
2pretty — 1. Pretty is used as an adverb with the meaning ‘fairly, moderately’, as in The performance was pretty good / He did pretty much as he liked. The adverb corresponding to the usual meaning of pretty is prettily: She always dresses so prettily. 2.… …
3pretty — I. adjective (prettier; est) Etymology: Middle English praty, prety, from Old English prættig tricky, from prætt trick; akin to Old Norse prettr trick Date: before 12th century 1. a. artful, clever b. pat, apt …
4pretty — /ˈprɪti / (say pritee) adjective (prettier, prettiest) 1. fair or attractive to the eye in a feminine or childish way: a pretty face. 2. (of things, places, etc.) pleasing to the eye, especially without grandeur. 3. pleasing to the ear: a pretty… …
5pretty — prettily, adv. prettiness, n. prettyish, adj. /prit ee/, adj., prettier, prettiest, n., pl. pretties, adv., v., prettied, prettying. adj. 1. pleasing or attractive to the eye, as by delicacy or gracefulness: a pretty face. 2. (of things, places,… …
6pretty — adj., n., v., & adv. adj. (prettier, prettiest) 1 attractive in a delicate way without being truly beautiful or handsome (a pretty child; a pretty dress; a pretty tune). 2 fine or good of its kind (a pretty wit). 3 iron. considerable, fine (a… …
7pretty — pret•ty [[t]ˈprɪt i[/t]] adj. ti•er, ti•est, 1) pleasing or attractive, esp. in a delicate or graceful way: a pretty face; a pretty song[/ex] 2) pleasing or charming but lacking in grandeur, importance, or force 3) fine; grand (often used… …
8pretty pass — mess, nasty business, predicament …
9mess up — verb 1. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (Freq. 1) I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement • Syn: ↑botch, ↑bodge, ↑bumble, ↑fumble, ↑ …
10mess — Synonyms and related words: C ration, Chinese puzzle, Gordian knot, K ration, Rube Goldberg contraption, all sorts, allotment, allowance, amount, arsy varsiness, assemblage, assortment, baboon, bad job, bag, batch, befoul, befuddlement, benasty,… …
