bed-headed

adjective

Having bedhead.

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Meanings

adjectivebed-headed (comparative more bed-headed, superlative most bed-headed)

comparative more bed-headed · superlative most bed-headed

  1. colloquialHaving bedhead.

    William and a bed-headed Harry were joshing around at the altar like Luke and Han.

    2012 Apr, Caitlin Moran, The Times
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    Amidst the aseptically-perfumed bare functionality, typifying a hospital ward, a pretty and petite elfin teenage girl stirs – tawny hair all tousled and bed-headed, lips full yet petulant.

    2009, Garth P Toyntanen, Institutionalized 2, page 11

Origin

From bedhead + -ed.

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APA

bed-headed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bed-headed

MLA

“bed-headed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bed-headed. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bed-headed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bed-headed.

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