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bedhead

American  
[bed-hed] / ˈbɛdˌhɛd /

noun

  • bedheads
    plural
  1. Informal. a flattened or messy appearance of the hair as a result of lying in bed.


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Torres gives his character constant bedhead and it makes sense: He’s in a waking nightmare no less warped than the one from “Beau Is Afraid.”

From Los Angeles Times Mar. 1, 2024

PICTURE> PICTRUE: Selfie where you have giant nose pores, bedhead and that 10 pounds “the camera added.”

From Washington Post May 19, 2022

Fusilli looks like my bedhead if I haven't slept on a silk pillowcase, which is to say a short, tight, corkscrew shape.

From Salon Jan. 22, 2022

“A tip for tomorrow morning’s 9 a.m. videoconference call: Doubled-up headbands make bedhead look beautiful,” Anthropologie proclaimed in a recent Instagram post.

From New York Times Apr. 19, 2020

They looked like opposites—Sookie with bedhead and Officer Parrelli in uniform.

From "The Line Tender" by Kate Allen

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