Antonyms for muck up

Grammar : Verb

Spell : muhk

Phonetic Transcription : mʌk

Definition of muck up

Origin : mid-13c., "cow dung and vegetable matter spread as manure," from a Scandinavian source, cf. Old Norse myki, mykr "cow dung," Danish møg, from Proto-Germanic *muk-, *meuk- "soft." Meaning "unclean matter generally" is from c.1300. Muck-sweat first attested 1690s.

As in screw up : verb make a mess of
As in soil : verb make dirty
As in spoil : verb ruin, hurt
As in tangle : verb knot, complicate
As in botch : verb blunder
As in louse up : verb botch
As in complicate : verb confuse, make difficult
As in contaminate : verb adulterate
As in defile : verb corrupt, violate
As in dismay : verb disappoint, fill with consternation
As in disrupt : verb upset, disorganize
As in foul up : verb make a mess of
As in harm : verb injure; cause evil

Example sentences :

And well might he say that, for she was covered with muck up to her waist.
Extract from : « The Curlytops at Silver Lake » by Howard Roger Garis

It was good enough for you to want me to muck up out of the window, wasn't it?
Extract from : « The Mirror of Kong Ho » by Ernest Bramah

Even your dirty paper, Waldemar, wouldn't rake that kind of muck up after ten years.
Extract from : « Average Jones » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

If we leave go that muck up yon, it'll be like me dressin' for mass an' no rackin' down me hair, so it would.
Extract from : « Reels and Spindles » by Evelyn Raymond

Synonyms for muck up

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