tousled

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tousled

/ˈtaʊ.zəld/
/ˈtaʊ.səld/ also, proscribed
/ˈtɔs.əld/ also, proscribed
/ˈtʌs.əld/ also, proscribed
/ˈtus.əld/ also, proscribed, rare

adjective more tousled · most tousled · touzled

Of hair: in disarray, dishevelled, or unkempt. His shoes were covered with mud, and he was looking very rough and touzled; but then he had never been a very smart man, the Badger, at the best of times.

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of tousle

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adj of hair: in disarray, dishevelled, or unkempt

Français	en bataille
Deutsch	zerzaust, verstrubbelt, strubbelig, durcheinandergebracht

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@misc{tousled_2026,
  title = {tousled},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tousled},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}