mussed
Made a mess
Mussed describes something—usually hair or clothing—that has been made messy or disheveled: Her hair was mussed from sleep.
It's the past tense and adjective form of muss, meaning to make untidy.
The word suggests mild disorder rather than complete disarray: He emerged from the scuffle with his tie mussed but otherwise unharmed.
Having surface folds
- creasedBearing pressed lines
- crumpledCrushed into irregular folds
- crinkledFormed small wrinkles
- ruffledDisturbed or trimmed ornamentally
scrunched · puckered · crushed · bunched · twisted · folded · disarranged · disheveled
Disordered, especially hair
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
- windblownDisplaced by gusts
- bedraggledWet, dirty, untidy
tangled · windswept · straggly · uncombed · shaggy · frowzy · wild · disordered
Free of stress
- informalRelaxed, not official
- laid-backCalm and unhurried
- effortlessRequiring no strain
- unstudiedNot rehearsed or affected
undone · loose · tossed · unstyled · natural · unfussy · unpretentious · unpolished
wrinkled
Having surface folds
ruffled · scrunched · puckered · crushed · bunched · twisted · folded · disarranged · disheveled · unironed
tousled
Disordered, especially hair
bedraggled · tangled · windswept · straggly · uncombed · shaggy · frowzy · wild · disordered · scraggly
relaxed
Free of stress
- informalRelaxed, not official
- laid-backCalm and unhurried
- effortlessRequiring no strain
unstudied · undone · loose · tossed · unstyled · natural · unfussy · unpretentious · unpolished · lived-in