mussing
Making untidy deliberately
Mussing is the act of making something untidy or disheveled, particularly hair or clothing.
A parent might complain about relatives mussing their child's hair, or someone might avoid lying down to keep from mussing a carefully pressed outfit.
The word suggests casual, often affectionate disorder rather than serious damage.
Stop mussing my hair—I just styled it.
Mussed morning coiffure
- dishevelMake untidy, disordered
- windblownDisplaced by gusts
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
snarled · shaggy · wild · frizzy · flyaway · unstyled · ruffle · loose
bedhead
Mussed morning coiffure
unkempt · snarled · shaggy · wild · frizzy · flyaway · unstyled · ruffle · loose · rumple
wrinkle
Surface fold or crease
dishevel · ruffle · scrunch · fold · crinkle · unkempt · sloppy · untidy · disordered · bunched
disarrange
To disturb order
- dishevelMake untidy, disordered
- jumbleConfused disorderly collection
- scatterDistribute in random directions
untidy · cluttered · chaotic · haphazard · disordered · disarray · muddle · disturb · upset · shuffle
- hair stylingblow dryer, blow drying, curling iron, blow-dry, curling wand
- dirtyingsoiling, dirtying, staining, smearing, smudging