disheveled
Looking quite rumpled
Disheveled describes hair, clothing, or general appearance that is untidy, rumpled, or in disarray: She arrived looking disheveled after running for the bus.
The word suggests carelessness or the aftermath of activity rather than deliberate styling—someone who just woke up, came through a storm, or has been too busy to attend to their appearance.
Untidy in appearance
- sloppyCareless and untidy
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
- disorderedLacking systematic arrangement
- chaoticTotally without arrangement
cluttered · jumbled · disarrayed · slovenly · frowzy · bedraggled · disorganized · mussed
Displaced by gusts
- wildNot domesticated or controlled
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- flyawayLoose and drifting
- mattedTangled into clumps
knotted · mussed · unruly · straggly · ropy · uncombed · unbrushed
Having surface folds
- creasedBearing pressed lines
- crumpledCrushed into irregular folds
- crinkledFormed small wrinkles
- ruckedGathered into wrinkles
scrunched · puckered · bunched · crushed · unironed · unpressed
unkempt
Untidy in appearance
- sloppyCareless and untidy
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
- disorderedLacking systematic arrangement
chaotic · cluttered · jumbled · disarrayed · slovenly · frowzy · bedraggled · disorganized · mussed · untidy
windblown
Displaced by gusts
matted · knotted · mussed · unruly · straggly · ropy · uncombed · unbrushed
wrinkled
Having surface folds
rucked · scrunched · puckered · bunched · crushed · unironed · unpressed
threadbare
Worn until transparent
faded · shabby · worn-out · moth-eaten · battered · patched · holey · seedy · tatty · dog-eared
gaunt
Lean from deprivation
weary · bleary · unshaven · stubbly · hollow-eyed · worn · fatigued · run-down · drained · worse for wear
- hairhair, haircut, hairstyle, hair loss, coily
- appearance idiomsall dolled up, dolled up, done up, dressed to kill, dressed to the nines
- appearancestall, short, thin, fat, slim
- unstylishnessunstylish, unfashionable, tastelessness, dowdiness, frumpiness
- fashion stylescasual wear, bohemian, formal wear, preppy, romantic
- appearancelooks, attractive, features, beautiful, complexion
dishevel, dishevelled, dishevelment, dishevels, disheveling, dishevelling