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Meanings of tousled in anglès

In disarray; extremely disorderly.

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Not neat or regular; uneven.

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Examples for "rumpled"
Examples for "rumpled"
1
Well, sir, it was a bit rumpled, certainly, when I came back.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
2
Still in her skirt and blouse from work, rumpled, hot, running late.
God's gift
3
Maybe left them heaped up on purpose, to improve their rumpled appearance.
Funland
4
His clothes were not badly rumpled; his patent-leather boots were scarcely scratched.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
5
Shirts and slacks, all were rumpled and worn after years of storage.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
1
They turned and gazed at the pale, dishevelled girl in the doorway.
The Place Beyond the Winds
2
Recently photographed looking bloated and dishevelled, Perry's troubles are apparently not over.
News.com.au
3
He is hatless and unwashed and dishevelled, standing in the Blackfriars Road.
Despair's Last Journey
4
All were more or less dishevelled and filthy; but they were human.
The Oakdale Affair
5
The effect is brilliant but dishevelled-looking vines, the Einstein of vineyards, maybe.
The Guardian
1
Sam and Emily both look disheveled and have clearly been making out.
I am number four
2
He was not entirely unattractive in a disheveled, wild sort of way.
A nameless witch
3
He looked even more disheveled than he had earlier in the day.
Darkness on the edge of town
4
Because I am completely disheveled, I don't walk through the dining room.
Love, life and linguine
5
He was pale, a little disheveled from his hours in a cell.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
1
He saw a vehement young man, powder-smeared and frowzled, whom he knew to be him.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
2
They entered a small stifling room where were a stove, two kitchen chairs and three frowzled beds in corners.
His Family
Usage of tousled in anglès
1
Suddenly the tousled head of the operator popped out of his window.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
2
He took off his hat and scratched his tousled head in reflection.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
3
Her hair was in tousled strings and her face was sallow, creased.
Main Street
4
Anyone expecting to see Sewell all tousled and sexy will be disappointed.
The Guardian
5
He indicated the boudoir by a movement of his somewhat tousled head.
Mr. Prohack
6
The camera panned to a slim young woman with tousled blond curls.
Foul play
7
The dwarf grunted and combed his thick, tousled hair with his fingers.
In Apple-Blossom Time: A Fairy-Tale to Date
8
They came in together, both of them grumpy and tousled from sleep.
Dexter’s Final Cut
9
Now his sandy hair was tousled and his features distorted with rage.
King Coal : a Novel
10
Raymond Bonheur cursed wildly and tousled his hair like a bouffe artist.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 02 / Little J...
11
Bud scratched his tousled head as though endeavoring to collect his wits.
The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron
12
His hair is silver and tousled and he looks lost in thought.
The Irish Times
13
Pale probably, with tousled hair and a fifteen hours' growth of beard.
Death Trance
14
Hazel sat up, patting her tousled hair into some semblance of order.
North of Fifty-Three
15
Sun glinted off the choppy waves, and the breeze tousled her curls.
Midnight hero
16
I smile at his expression of vague disconcertedness, his tousled morning hair.
The nobodies album
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