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/tow"zeuhld/, adj.disordered or disheveled: tousled hair; tousled clothes.[1840-50; TOUSLE + -ED2]Syn. messy, tangled, untidy, rumpled.
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tousled — [adj] disarrayed beat up*, dirty, disarranged, disheveled, disordered, grubby*, messed up*, messy, mussed up*, ruffled, rumpled, sloppy, tangled, uncombed, unkempt; concepts 485,589 Ant. kempt, neat, ordered … New thesaurus
tousled — tou|sled [ˈtauzəld] adj tousled hair or a tousled appearance looks untidy ▪ She had just awakened, her eyes sleepy and her hair tousled. ▪ A small tousled head appeared in the doorway … Dictionary of contemporary English
tousled — adjective tousled hair or a tousled appearance looks untidy: She had just awakened, her eyes sleepy and her hair tousled … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
tousled — adjective in disarray; extremely disorderly (Freq. 3) her clothing was disheveled powder smeared and frowzled a rumpled unmade bed a bed with tousled sheets his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly Al Spiers • Syn: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tousled — adj. Tousled is used with these nouns: ↑hair … Collocations dictionary
tousled — tou|sled [ tauzld ] adjective tousled hair looks messy … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
tousled — [[t]ta͟ʊz(ə)ld[/t]] ADJ GRADED If you have tousled hair, it is untidy and looks as if it has not been brushed or combed. Syn: ruffled, dishevelled … English dictionary
tousled — adjective tousled hair Syn: untidy, disheveled, wind blown, messy, disordered, disarranged, messed up, rumpled, uncombed, ungroomed, tangled, wild, unkempt; informal mussed up Ant: neat, tidy … Thesaurus of popular words
tousled — UK [ˈtaʊz(ə)ld] / US adjective tousled hair looks untidy in an attractive way … English dictionary
tousled — [ˈtaʊz(ə)ld] adj tousled hair looks untidy in an attractive way … Dictionary for writing and speaking English
