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Meanings of
tousled
in English
In disarray; extremely disorderly.
rumpled
dishevelled
disheveled
frowzled
Related terms
untidy
Not neat or regular; uneven.
rugged
unruly
Synonyms
Examples for "
rugged
"
rugged
unruly
Examples for "
rugged
"
1
He saw a
rugged
,
muscular body, well toned and used to work.
2
Get
rugged
up and experience one of northern Europe's great Christmas experiences.
3
The military wants a
rugged
vehicle capable of operating in sub-zero conditions.
4
This year, Burley released a series of new,
rugged
child bike trailers.
5
Civil order was not sustainable in a society populated by
rugged
individualists.
1
That governance sometimes means bringing order to
unruly
elements in said Association.
2
Dilapidated and squalid, the
unruly
settlements have few health and social services.
3
However, one of the
unruly
protesters has now been brought to book.
4
The boys had never been so
unruly
;
the girls never so inattentive.
5
A transatlantic flight made an emergency landing today after an
unruly
and
Usage of
tousled
in English
1
Suddenly the
tousled
head of the operator popped out of his window.
2
He took off his hat and scratched his
tousled
head in reflection.
3
Her hair was in
tousled
strings and her face was sallow, creased.
4
Anyone expecting to see Sewell all
tousled
and sexy will be disappointed.
5
He indicated the boudoir by a movement of his somewhat
tousled
head.
6
The camera panned to a slim young woman with
tousled
blond curls.
7
The dwarf grunted and combed his thick,
tousled
hair with his fingers.
8
They came in together, both of them grumpy and
tousled
from sleep.
9
Now his sandy hair was
tousled
and his features distorted with rage.
10
Raymond Bonheur cursed wildly and
tousled
his hair like a bouffe artist.
11
Bud scratched his
tousled
head as though endeavoring to collect his wits.
12
His hair is silver and
tousled
and he looks lost in thought.
13
Pale probably, with
tousled
hair and a fifteen hours' growth of beard.
14
Hazel sat up, patting her
tousled
hair into some semblance of order.
15
Sun glinted off the choppy waves, and the breeze
tousled
her curls.
16
I smile at his expression of vague disconcertedness, his
tousled
morning hair.
Other examples for "tousled"
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tousled
tousle
Verb
Indicative · Past Indefinite
Adjective
Frequent collocations
tousled hair
tousled head
tousled curls
somewhat tousled
tousled mop
More collocations
Tousled
through the time
Tousled
across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common