Example : The house was a mess.
She smoothed the mussiness of the bed.

Synonyms : messiness, muss, mussiness

Example : He got into a terrible fix.
He made a muddle of his marriage.

Synonyms : fix, hole, jam, kettle of fish, muddle, pickle

Example : A mess of porridge.

Synonyms : mess hall

Example : A batch of letters.
A deal of trouble.
A lot of money.
He made a mint on the stock market.
See the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos.
It must have cost plenty.
A slew of journalists.
A wad of money.

Synonyms : batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

Example : He messed up his room.

Synonyms : mess up