Tousle-haired
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tousle-haired is an adjective meaning Having unkempt hair.
Meaning
Having unkempt hair.
Example Sentences
Tousle-haired sheep-dogs slept before the door.
1956, Langston Hughes, I Wonder as I Wander, in The Collected Works of Langston Hughes, Volume 14, edited by Joseph McLaren, Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2003, Chapter 4, p. 170, Now my best friend and boon buddy was a tousle-haired Uzbek named Yusef Nichan.
Synonyms for tousle-haired
Depending on context, synonyms include tousle-headed.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tousle-headed, tousled, dishevelled, touzled, frowzled, moppy.
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