Unkempt

Synonyms for "unkempt" (201 found)

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Closest matches (41)

animal barbarian barbaric barbarousbeat upbeat-up bedraggled bestial blowzy broken brutal brutish bumpy careless chintzy choppy coarse coarse-grained corrugatedcross grained

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cross-grained decrepit dilapidated disarranged disheveled disordered disreputable

Adjective(6 words)

bedraggled blowsy dishevelled dowdy dowdyishdown at heel

Adjective(6 words)

blowsier blowzier blowziest disheveled disorderly disorganized

Noun(1 words)

disheveling

Verb(1 words)

dishevelling

Strong matches (60)

down at the heeldrabbletailed draggled draggletailed filthy frowzy frumpish frumpy fusty gothic grainy granulated grubby homespun horripilant ill-bred impolitein ragsinequal informal

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irregular jolty linsey-woolsey loose lumpen messy mussy neanderthal negligent noncivilized outlandish pimply pitted pocky poky potholed primitive

Adjective(14 words)

downgone draggle-tailed draggled frowsy frumpy grotty grufty grungy hashy mangy meanout at the heelspiggy qualifier

Adjective(8 words)

dumpiest frowsier frowsiest frowzier frowziest frowzled messy neglected

Verb(1 words)

mussed

Related words (100)

ragged raggedy rank ratty raunchy ripply roughrough-and-readyrough-cast rough-grained rough-hewn roughcast roughhewn ruffled ruinous rumpled rutted rutty savage scraggly

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Adjective(26 words)

ragtag ribby schleppy schlumpy scratty scrofulous scroungy scruffy scrungy seedy shabby slammocky slatternly slobbish slobby sloppy slovenlike slovenly slummocky sluttish

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tackytore uptrampish unfine unkemmed unshaven

Adjective(15 words)

scraggliest scrubbier scrubbiest scruffier scruffiest scruffy shaggiest sloppysloppy personslovenly straggly uncared-for unmaintained untidy weedier

Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries

appearance organization upkeep

More specific

9 entries

disorganized formattinghaphazard structureincoherent layoutmessy hairneglected lawnovergrown hedgerumpled clothesscruffyuntrimmed bushes

Collocations

5 entries

unkempt appearanceunkempt clothingunkempt hairunkempt lawnunkempt room

Inflections

2 entries

more unkemptmost unkempt

Derivations

2 entries

unkemptly unkemptness

similar

2 entries

uncombed untidy

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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I hope nobody minds my being straggly and unkempt at five in the morning.

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Her hair was unkempt.

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Tom is unkempt.

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Tom looked unkempt after not shaving for three days.

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