Mom sighed, and tousled the hair of her son's head.
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Tousled
Synonyms for "tousled" (24 found)
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13 entriesdisarranging papersdisordered clothingdisordered manemessing clothingmussed hairmussing fabricmussing furruffled fabricruffling hairrumpled shirttussled locksuncombed hairwindblown hair
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11 entriestousle clothingtousle furtousle hairtousle strandstousled appearancetousled furtousled hairtousled hairstyletousled lockstousled lookwindblown hair
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7 total sentences available.
His hair was tousled.
Source: tatoeba (2510753)
Her hair was tousled.
Source: tatoeba (5352542)
Mom sighed, and tousled the hair of her first-year high school son's head.
Source: tatoeba (10571938)
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