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Definition of tousled:
Synonyms for tousled:
hugger-mugger, unkempt, dirty, bald, topsy-turvy, close-cropped, pell-mell, balding, bad hair day, bouffant, disheveled, mussy, rumpled, bushy, chaotic, body, littered, untidy, bristly, muddled, higgledy-piggledy, disarrayed, coiffed, dishevelled, bedhead, frowzled, sloppy, disorderly, upside-down.
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deranged (part of speech: verb)
- disorganized,
- whisked,
- confounded,
- mixed up muddled,
- confused,
- roughened,
- jumbled,
- messed,
- rumpled,
- mislaid,
- tumbled,
- convulsed,
- rummaged,
- upset,
- whipped,
- discomposed,
- tossed,
- capsized,
- ruffled,
- botched,
- displaced,
- disturbed,
- troubled,
- swirled,
- rippled,
- hashed,
- misplaced,
- mussed,
- perturbed,
- cluttered,
- agitated,
- scrambled,
- disarranged,
- fermented,
- deranged,
- blurred,
- roiled,
- disheveled,
- scattered,
- tampered,
- dislocated,
- meddled,
- disordered,
- churned
Usage examples:
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The old man and Black Andy did not move, but stood staring at the trim figure in black, with the plain face, large mouth, and tousled red hair, and the dreamy- eyed, handsome little boy beside her.
- "Northern Lights", Gilbert Parker. -
I dreamed I had a new rocking- horse, and he ran away with me, up- hill-" " Rocking- horses can't run away," Sue said, shaking her head, the hair of which needed brushing, as it had become " tousled" in her sleep.
- "Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue", Laura Lee Hope. -
She was tousled, and looked wild out of her eyes.
- "Old Caravan Days", Mary Hartwell Catherwood.