Dishevelled vs Tousled - What's the difference?
dishevelled | tousled |
(of a person) With the hair uncombed.
(by extension) Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
* {{quote-book, year=1913, author=
, title=Lord Stranleigh Abroad
, chapter=6 (dishevel)
As adjectives the difference between dishevelled and tousled
is that dishevelled is (of a person) with the hair uncombed while tousled is (of hair etc) unkempt, disheveled or in disarray.As verbs the difference between dishevelled and tousled
is that dishevelled is (dishevel) while tousled is (tousle).dishevelled
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Alternative forms
* disheveledAdjective
(en adjective)citation, passage=The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks?; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]}}