Synonyms for dishevelled

Most common

unkempt · untidy · rumpled · tousled · slovenly

All synonyms

Adjective

Antonyms

kempt

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Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Of a person, with the hair uncombed.

Example sentences

• unkempt He wears scruffy clothes and has an unkempt beard.
• untidy My room is very untidy. I must put it in order.
• rumpled She doesn’t want Nuja to go to school all rumpled.
• tousled Mom sighed, and tousled the hair of her son's head.
• slovenly As to his daily life, he is very slovenly.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

messy²

6 letters

untidy³

7 letters

unkempt², tousled, rumpled²

8 letters

slovenly³, scraggly², uncombed, frowzled

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (messy² = 2 syllables).