| Main Entry: | tousled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disarrayed |
Synonyms: |
beat-up, dirty, disarranged, disheveled, disordered, grubby, messed-up, messy, mussed-up, ruffled, rumpled, sloppy, tangled, uncombed, unkempt |
Antonyms: |
kempt, neat, ordered |
| Main Entry: | tousle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | disarray |
Synonyms: |
clutter, disaarange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, mess*, muss, rumple |
| Notes: | to tousle is to dishevel or make something untidy; to tussle is to scuffle |
| Main Entry: | confuse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up; involve |
Synonyms: |
bedlamize, blend, clutter, confound, disarrange, disarray, discombobulate, discreate, disorder, disorganize, embroil, encumber, entangle, intermingle, involve, jumble, litter, mess up*, mingle, mistake, muddle, muss up, rumple, snarl up, tangle, tousle, tumble |
Antonyms: |
order, organize, separate |
| Main Entry: | disheveled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrinkled, unkempt in appearance |
Synonyms: |
bagged out, beat up, bedraggled, blowzy, dirty, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, frowzy, grubby, messed up, messy, mussed up, mussy, ruffled, rumpled, scuzzy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, tousled, unbuttoned, uncombed, unfastidious, untidy, unzipped |
Antonyms: |
neat, ordered, orderly, tidy, unwrinkled |
| Main Entry: | disordered |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | in a mess |
Synonyms: |
all over the place, confused, deranged, disarranged, discombobulated, disconnected, discontinuous, disjointed, dislocated, disorganized, displaced, in confusion, incoherent, jumbled, mislaid, misplaced, molested, moved, muddled, out-of-place, removed, roiled, ruffled, rumpled, shifted, shuffled, stirred up, tampered-with, tangled, tossed, tousled, tumbled, unsettled, untidy |
Antonyms: |
arranged, methodical, neat, ordered, orderly, organized, systematic, systematized, trim |
| Main Entry: | matted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tangled |
Synonyms: |
disordered, kinky, knotted, rumpled, snarled, tousled, twisted, uncombed |
Antonyms: |
unknotted, untangled |
| Main Entry: | muss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | dishevel, disorder |
Synonyms: |
clutter, crumple, disarrange, disarray, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, jumble, mess up, mix up, muddle, ruffle, rummage, rumple, tangle, tousle, upset, wrinkle |
Antonyms: |
fix up, order, organize |
| Main Entry: | rough |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uneven, irregular |
Synonyms: |
asperous, bearded, brambly, bristly, broken, bumpy, bushy, chapped, choppy, coarse, cragged, craggy, cross-grained, disheveled, fuzzy, hairy, harsh, jagged, knobby, knotty, nappy, nodular, not smooth, ridged, rocky, ruffled, rugged, scabrous, scraggy, shaggy, sharp, stony, tangled, tousled, tufted, unequal, unfinished, unlevel, unshaven, unshorn, woolly, wrinkled, wrinkly |
Antonyms: |
even, level, polished, regular, smooth |
| Main Entry: | ruffle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mess up |
Synonyms: |
cockle, confuse, crease, crinkle, crumple, crush, derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disorder, pucker, purse, rifle, rumple, tangle, tousle, wrinkle |
| Notes: | a continuous low drumbeat is a ruffle, a continuous even drumbeat is a tattoo, a continuous loud drumbeat is a drumroll |
Antonyms: |
smooth |
| Main Entry: | rumple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | crush, wrinkle |
Synonyms: |
bedraggle, cockle, crease, crimp, crinkle, crumple, derange, dishevel, disorder, fold, mess up, muss up, pucker, ruck up, ruffle, screw up, scrunch, seam, tousle, wreathe |
Antonyms: |
flatten, iron, smooth |