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tousles

verb

present tense third-person singular of tousle
as in disrupts
to undo the proper order or arrangement of his grandfather would always tousle the boy's neatly combed hair

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for tousles
  1. disrupts
  2. shuffles
  3. confuses
  4. disturbs
Verb
  • According to the 2025 Global Sleep Survey by Resmed, a medical device company, 39% of respondents said their partner disrupts their sleep at least once a week.
    — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2026
  • The 2025 Global Sleep Survey from medical device company Resmed found that 39% of respondents said their partner disrupts their sleep at least once a week.
    — Lauren Schuster, Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of disrupts
Verb
  • My brother looks at the floor, mumbles something, and then shuffles away from the table.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
  • The line shuffles forward quickly, and my heart knots in my chest as Heartfillers are dosed to each person up ahead.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of shuffles
Verb
  • Retreat to the previous paragraph if the question confuses you.
    — John Tamny, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Any adversary who confuses media noise with American weakness will discover the truth the hard way.
    — Michael Loria, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026
Definition of confuses
Verb
  • That disturbs Masters, an auto mechanic who moved out of the mobile home park before the 2021 floods.
    — Ren Larson, ProPublica, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Traffic between somebody else's router and somebody else's laptop, say in a random coffee shop or an airport, can provide the radio field that your body disturbs to create your specific signature.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of disturbs
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