tousled

Like bedhead hair

Tousled describes hair that is disheveled, messy, or rumpled in an unstudied way: She ran her fingers through her tousled hair.

The word often carries a casual or attractive connotation—bedhead that looks good rather than unkempt.

To tousle is to muss up, typically with affectionate roughness: He tousled the boy's hair.

hair

bedhead

Mussed morning coiffure

strands · waves · curls · tangles · shaggy · flyaway · frizzy · voluminous · bouncy · mane

disheveled

rumpled

Crinkled from neglect

bedraggled · untidy · disarranged · mussy · slovenly · shabby · ragged · unkempt · disordered · disarrayed

casual

relaxed

Free of stress

carefree · nonchalant · unfussy · unpretentious · unaffected · natural · breezy · effortless · unstudied · spontaneous

Categories
Opposites
hair/appearance neatness

tousledwell-groomed

Neat and tidy

kempt · neat · sleek · smooth · combed

general order/arrangement

tousledneat

Orderly, or undiluted

tidy · orderly · ordered · trim · shipshape

Family

tousle, tousling, tousles

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G