Meanings
adjectivemussed (comparative more mussed, superlative most mussed)
comparative more mussed · superlative most mussed
- Rumpled, tousled or untidy.
Muscles sag here, tauten there, her eyelids droop. Her pearls are of inferior quality most likely, and her hair is mussed from an afternoon of rounding up grandchildren. But she sees things I don’t.
2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, London: Sceptre (Hodder and Stoughton), →ISBN, page 428
verb
- participlepastsimple past and past participle of muss
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with mussed
justmustaugusttrustdiscusseddustrobustrustthrustlustcrustunjustgustdisgustdistrustdostentrustmistrustcussedjoustfussedcombustnonplussedbussed
All rhymes →Sounds the same
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APA
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MLA
“mussed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mussed. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mussed,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mussed.
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