tousled
Adjective: * Disordered and untidy, especially in appearance; ruffled or disheveled. Used to describe hair, clothing, bedding, or a general appearance that looks messy, as if it has been roughly handled or not cared for.
The adjective "tousled" is used to describe something that is untidy in a soft, rumpled, or slightly wild way. It often carries a connotation of casual attractiveness or endearing messiness, rather than dirty neglect. * It is most commonly used to describe hair: tousled hair. * It can describe other items like sheets, clothing, or a general appearance. * It typically comes before a noun (e.g., tousled sheets) or after a linking verb like "be" or "look" (e.g., His hair was tousled).
- Before a noun:
- The child ran in with tousled hair and bright eyes.
- She prefers a tousled, beach-wave look for her hair.
- He woke up in the tousled bed.
- After a linking verb:
- After the windy walk, their hair was completely tousled.
- The bed looked tousled and inviting.
- Figurative Use: Can be used metaphorically to describe something that is not physically messy but appears artfully disordered or casually arranged.
- The garden had a beautifully tousled aesthetic, with flowers growing in wild clumps.
- Tousle (verb): To make (something, especially hair) untidy by ruffling or disarranging it.
- The wind tousled her hair.
- He affectionately tousled his son's hair.
- Disheveled: Untidy, disordered (often of hair or clothing).
- Rumpled: Creased, ruffled, crumpled.
- Unkempt: Not neatly combed or maintained (can imply neglect).
- Mussed (informal): Made untidy.
- Bedraggled: Dirty and disheveled, typically from being in rain or mud.
- Neat
- Tidy
- Kempt
- Orderly
- Sleek (especially for hair)
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in disarray; extremely disorderly
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her clothing was disheveled
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powder-smeared and frowzled
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a rumpled unmade bed
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a bed with tousled sheets
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his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly- Al Spiers
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