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Meanings of tousle (tousling) in English

Portuguese
retorcer
Spanish
desgreñar

Disarrange or rumple; dishevel.

retorcer
Synonyms
Examples for "tangle"
Examples for "tangle"
1
And in the midst of the fleecy tangle Snowball struggled in vain.
The Tale of Snowball Lamb
2
It is the same affair; part and parcel of the same tangle.
The Avenger
3
The state was honeycombed and mined; society was a tangle of plots.
Animal Heroes
4
The lane ended just beyond in a tangle of weeds and undergrowth.
The Web of Life
5
Things are in a sad tangle; I can't see the way out.
The House Behind the Cedars
1
His hair wasn't in its normal state of dishevel, either.
The Wise Man’s Fear
2
Shake down thy hair and dishevel it, so!-thatis excellent.
The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales
3
Her hair down her back falls loose and dishevel'd.
Leaves of Grass
4
Like the fair flower dishevel'd in the wind
Fifteen Thousand Useful Phrases / A Practical Handbook Of Pertin...
5
Know you not 'tis rank treason to discrown our sacred Majesty, far more to dishevel or destroy our locks?
A Reputed Changeling; Or, Three Seventh Years Two Centuries Ago
Usage of tousling in English
1
Margot smiled at her reflection in the mirror, tousling her stiff blond hair.
Survival of the Fiercest
2
He gathered the two girls in his mighty arms, tousling them with rough tenderness.
Alice of Old Vincennes
3
Albus stopped, frowning, and ducked as James flew past, tousling his younger brother's hair.
James Potter and the Curse of the Gatekeeper
4
He twisted, looking around, the sea-wind tousling his rusted hair.
The marks of cain
5
He towelled his hair with his hand, tousling it, and studied Toshiko for a reaction.
Another life
6
She stood with her arms crossed, the light wind tousling loose strands of her hair.
Night tides
7
He finished by tousling his short blond hair.
Anvil of stars
8
He wanders past her towards the coffee pot, his meaty hand tousling her hair as he passes.
The whore of babylon, a memoir
9
Wells stood on the bridge with the wind off the river tousling his thin and sandy hair.
No country for old men
10
He was big into tousling my hair.
Pandemonium
11
He rubbed his hand over his head, barely tousling his short, dark hair, and turned on her.
Strong, sleek and sinful
12
Christina and Will walk toward the dormitories, Christina tousling Will's hair and Will jabbing her in the ribs.
Divergent
13
She was tousling the fur of a monkey that had brought another little trophy into the security room.
Futures 1
14
She thrashed her head back and forth on the pillow, her blond waves tousling around the white handkerchief.
Good girls don't
15
Cleo ran her fingers through her hair, tousling her curls, then made a sweeping motion toward her trousers and boots.
A vote of confidence
16
He watched their splashing, their excitement, and their frenzying limbs with the awareness that this tousling around had no higher significance.
Tokyo to Tijuana: Gabriele Departing America
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Translations for tousling
Tousling through the time