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tousled

ˈtaʊzəld5 senses · 50 ms
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adj/ˈtaʊ.zəld//ˈtaʊ.səld//ˈtɔs.əld/
  1. 1

    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.
    • An instant later the maid, who looked as tousled and bewildered as if she had that instant been aroused from the deepest sleep, appeared with a card upon a tray.
verb/ˈtaʊ.zəld//ˈtaʊ.səld//ˈtɔs.əld/
  1. 1

    simple past and past participle of tousleform-ofparticiplepast

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