Synonyms of tousling

tousling

verb

present participle of tousle

as in disrupting

to undo the proper order or arrangement of

his grandfather would always tousle the boy's neatly combed hair

Synonyms & Similar Words

• disrupting
• shuffling
• confusing
• mussing
• disturbing
• disarranging
• mixing (up)
• scrambling
• rumpling
• upsetting
• jumbling
• disorganizing
• tumbling
• muddling
• dislocating
• snarling
• hashing
• deranging
• tangling
• disordering
• dishevelling
• disheveling
• discomposing
• disjointing
• disarraying
• messing (up)
• embroiling
• stirring (up)
• entangling
• unsettling
• perturbing
• cluttering
• agitating

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• regulating
• arranging
• organizing
• disposing
• ranging
• tidying
• ordering
• straightening (up)
• drawing up
• lining
• aligning
• arraying
• marshaling
• marshalling
• alining
• adjusting
• queueing
• classifying
• queuing
• lining up
• fixing
• codifying
• systematizing
• grooming
• making up
• methodizing
• systemizing
• sprucing (up)
• unscrambling

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• regulating
• arranging
• organizing
• disposing
• ranging
• tidying
• ordering
• straightening (up)
• drawing up
• lining
• aligning
• arraying
• marshaling
• marshalling
• alining
• adjusting
• queueing
• classifying
• queuing
• lining up
• fixing
• codifying
• systematizing
• grooming
• making up
• methodizing
• systemizing
• sprucing (up)
• unscrambling

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