Unkempt
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˌʌnˈkɛmpt/ · Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Unkempt is an adjective meaning Of hair, uncombed, dishevelled.
Meaning
Of hair, uncombed, dishevelled.
More Meanings
- (figuratively, by extension) Disorderly; untidy; messy; not kept up.
- (figurative) Rough; unpolished.
Example Sentences
unkempt bedroom
He was a queer shoot, again, in his unkempt longish hair and slovenly clothes, a sort of very vulgar down-at-heel American in appearance.
Men on cycles, lean-faced, unkempt, scorched along every country lane, shouting of unhoped deliverance, shouting to gaunt, staring figures of despair.
Now, upon his whole person, from the crown of his unkempt head down to his broken, dusty boots, there yet clung that air of jaunty, devil-may-care rakishness.
Synonyms for unkempt
Depending on context, synonyms include bedraggled, blowsy, dishevelled, dowdy, dowdyish, downgone.
Antonyms for unkempt
Common opposites include clean, foppish, neat, orderly, tidy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include untidy, ragtag, seamy, caxon, ratty, unkemmed.
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