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mussed

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of mussed

lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
  • the charmingly mussed look of a rock star in full rebel regalia
Synonyms of mussed

chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussy, pell-mell, rumpled, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, untidy, upside-down
Words Related to mussed

bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, mucky, nasty, smudged, soiled, spotted, squalid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly

dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), shaggy, slatternly, sloven, slovenly, uncombed

wrinkled

adulterated, contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted

knotted, snarled, tangled

seedy, shabby, sleazy, sordid

neglected, neglectful, negligent
Phrases Synonymous with mussed

at sixes and sevens, out of joint
Near Antonyms of mussed

antiseptic, clean, cleaned, cleanly, hygienic, immaculate, sparkling, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied

methodical (also methodic), regular, systematic, systematized

careful, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulous

combed, groomed, manicured, well-groomed

taintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome
Antonyms of mussed

bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered

mussed

verb , past tense of muss

Synonyms and Antonyms of mussed

to undo the proper order or arrangement of
  • the wind mussed up my hair
Synonyms of mussed

confused, deranged, disarranged, disarrayed, discomposed, disheveled (or dishevelled), disjointed, dislocated, disordered, disorganized, disrupted, disturbed, hashed, jumbled, messed (up), mixed (up), muddled, rumpled, scrambled, shuffled, tousled, tumbled, upset
Words Related to mussed

embroiled, entangled, snarled, tangled

agitated, perturbed, stirred (up), unsettled

cluttered
Near Antonyms of mussed

aligned (also alined), lined, lined up, queued

classified, codified, methodized, systematized, systemized

adjusted, fixed

groomed, made up, spruced (up)

unscrambled
Antonyms of mussed

arranged, arrayed, disposed, drew up, marshaled (or marshalled), ordered, organized, ranged, regulated, straightened (up), tidied

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