muss
noun
a state of disorder or untidiness.
Example Sentences
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Baker: I can’t shake the image of Colorado defenseman Cale Makar escaping Tuesday’s home opener with nary a mussed hair beneath his helmet.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 20, 2023
The uncharacteristically mussed hair and the pained, anxiety-ridden grimace were long gone.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 10, 2023
Britain’s former prime minister Boris Johnson, who took on the task of Brexit, was essentially a giant mop of mussed blond hair.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 27, 2022
We came in and the bed was mussed.
From New York Times ● May 19, 2022
The woman’s brown hair was cut in a short bob and looked mussed, as though she had just woken up, even though it was late afternoon.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
