tousle-headed

adjective

Having unkempt hair.

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tousle-haired
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Meanings

adjectivetousle-headed (comparative more tousle-headed, superlative most tousle-headed)

comparative more tousle-headed · superlative most tousle-headed

  1. Having unkempt hair.
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    2014, Paul Salopek, Blessed. Cursed. Claimed., National Geographic (December 2014)https://web.archive.org/web/20150212214621/http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2014/12/pilgrim-roads/salopek-text Goren: a native Jerusalemite, a tousle-headed intellectual with the watery blue eyes of a dreamer, and a Jew.

    Synonyms: tousle-haired

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving unkempt hair.

Similar
tousle-haired
Also see
tousle-haired

Origin

From tousle + headed.

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APA

tousle-headed. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tousle-headed

MLA

“tousle-headed.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tousle-headed. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tousle-headed,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tousle-headed.

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