Tousled
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Tousled is an adjective meaning Of hair: in disarray, dishevelled, or unkempt.
Meaning
Of hair: in disarray, dishevelled, or unkempt.
More Meanings
- simple past and past participle of tousle
Example Sentences
His shoes were covered with mud, and he was looking very rough and touzled; but then he had never been a very smart man, the Badger, at the best of times.
An instant later the maid, who looked as tousled and bewildered as if she had that instant been aroused from the deepest sleep, appeared with a card upon a tray.
Word Forms
- touzled
Synonyms for tousled
Depending on context, synonyms include dishevelled, untidy, rumpled, disheveled, frowzled.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include dishevelled, frowzled, disheveled, untidy, rumpled, touzled.
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