tousled
/ˈtaʊ.zəld/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.22 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of hair: in disarray, dishevelled, or unkempt.
verb
simple past and past participle of tousle
Example Sentences
- "His shoes were covered with mud, and he was looking very rough and touzled; but then he had never been a very smart man, the Badger, at the best of times."
- "An instant later the maid, who looked as tousled and bewildered as if she had that instant been aroused from the deepest sleep, appeared with a card upon a tray."