Tousling - English meaning

adjective

Dishevelled.

Usage examples:

We got there, tired and bedraggled

adjective

(of a person or a person’s appearance) messy, dirty, and often wet

adjective

Wet, dirty, and untidy

verb

Make untidy or disordered.

Usage examples:

Had any of the statues been removed or disarranged?

verb

Past simple and past participle of disarrange

verb

To make something untidy

adjective

(of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered.

Usage examples:

A man with long dishevelled hair

verb

Make (a person's hair or clothes) untidy.

Usage examples:

He ran one hand through his hair, further dishevelling it

adjective

(of people or their appearance) very untidy

Usage examples:

Dishevelled hair/clothes/appearance, he ran in looking dishevelled.

adjective

Not neatly arranged; confused and untidy.

Usage examples:

She went to comb her disordered hair

verb

Disrupt the systematic functioning or neat arrangement of.

Usage examples:

They are disordering the political landscape

adjective

Not normal, in a way that is unhealthy

Usage examples:

Disordered thinking/eating, she has been diagnosed as "mentally disordered.", the photograph shows …

adjective

(especially of hair, wool, or fur) tangled into a thick mass.

Usage examples:

A cardigan of matted grey wool

verb

Tangle (something, especially hair) in a thick mass.

Usage examples:

The fur on its flank was matted with blood

verb

Give a matt appearance to (something).

Usage examples:

Its bright fresh surface was soon matted with dust and insects

adjective

Untidy or dirty.

Usage examples:

His messy hair

adjective

Dirty, unpleasant, or lacking order

Usage examples:

I hate a messy kitchen., he’s got a messy personal life.

adjective

(of a person's hair) disarranged.

Usage examples:

He ran a hand through his ruffled hair

verb

Disorder or disarrange (someone's hair), typically by running one's hands through it.

Usage examples:

The father laughs and jovially ruffles his son's hair

adjective

Upset

Usage examples:

We spent a lot of time soothing the author’s ruffled feelings., a blouse with a ruffled neck

adjective

Creased, ruffled, or dishevelled in appearance.

Usage examples:

A rumpled bed

verb

Give a creased, ruffled, or dishevelled appearance to.

Usage examples:

The girl rumpled his thin streaky hair

adjective

Creased (= not smooth) and untidy

Usage examples:

A rumpled suit/sheet/bed, he hadn't brushed his hair and his clothes were rumpled.

adjective

Twisted together untidily; matted.

Usage examples:

His hair was a tangled mess

verb

Twist together into a confused mass.

Usage examples:

The broom somehow got tangled up in my long skirt

adjective

Twisted into a messy mass of things

Usage examples:

She ran a hand through her tangled hair., the whole issue is getting too tangled (= confused).

adjective

(of a person's hair) not combed.

Usage examples:

His hair was matted and uncombed

adjective

Not neat and tidy in appearance.

Usage examples:

The pm's wife feared appearing ungroomed so much thereafter that she felt compelled to fly a top ha…

adjective

(especially of a person) having an untidy or dishevelled appearance.

Usage examples:

They were unwashed and unkempt

adjective

Not arranged neatly and in order.

Usage examples:

The place was dreadfully untidy

adjective

(of an animal or plant) living or growing in the natural environment; not domesticated or cultivated.

Usage examples:

A herd of wild goats

noun

A natural state or uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Usage examples:

Kiwis are virtually extinct in the wild

verb

Treat (a person or animal) harshly, so that they become untrusting or nervous.

Usage examples:

Let your pigeon fly for a while: we don't want to wild him

adjective

Carried or driven by the wind.

Usage examples:

Windblown sand

adjective

Carried by the wind

Usage examples:

They say that windblown pollen from the genetically modified trees could affect other nearby forest…