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View synonyms for tousle
tousle
or tou·zle
[ tou-zuhl ]
verb (used with object)
tousled, tousling.
- to disorder or dishevel:
The wind tousled our hair.
- to handle roughly.
noun
- a disheveled or rumpled mass, especially of hair.
- a disordered, disheveled, or tangled condition.
tousle
/ ˈtaʊzəl /
verb
- to tangle, ruffle, or disarrange
- to treat roughly
noun
- a disorderly, tangled, or rumpled state
- a dishevelled or disordered mass, esp of hair
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of tousle1
C15: from Low German tūsen to shake; related to Old High German zirzūsōn to tear to pieces
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Example Sentences
"You tousle its mane and pull its ears, but all the time you’re thinking, those claws, those claws, those claws."
From BBC
He had been famous since he was a teenager and a sex symbol for just as long, a tousled Californian with a movie star smile.
From Salon
She hadn’t brought it along to brush his tousled curls.
From Literature
Mr. Brown’s tousled hair and gravelly voice have spoken to working-class voters since he was elected Ohio’s secretary of state in 1982.
From New York Times
The 1920s had found a superstar, who with her tousled hair, leather jacket, scarf and khakis, buoyed the world through the Depression.
From Los Angeles Times
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