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Synonyms & Antonyms of kempt
being clean and in good order
- a distinguished-looking gentleman with a kempt beard and an old-world manner
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- disheveled
- (or dishevelled),
- disordered,
- disorderly,
- messy,
- mussed,
- mussy,
- sloven,
- slovenly,
- unkempt,
- untidy
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Yes, it is possible to be kempt, couth, ruly, and gruntled
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The first known use of kempt was in 1929
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