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unkempt

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of unkempt

1 lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
  • an unkempt and cluttered room
Synonyms of unkempt

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

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

dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), shaggy, slatternly, sloven, slovenly
Phrases Synonymous with unkempt

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

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 unkempt

crisp, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered
2 lacking neatness in dress or person
  • the stereotype of the unkempt but brilliant scientist
Synonyms of unkempt

blowsy (also blowzy), dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), slobby, sloppy, slovenly, untidy
Words Related to unkempt

slatternly

chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, rumpled, shaggy, uncombed, wrinkled

shabby, sleazy

besmirched, blackened, dingy, dirty, filthy, foul, grimy, grubby, grungy, mucky, nasty, soiled, spotted, squalid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly
Near Antonyms of unkempt

chic, fashionable, modish, stylish

combed, groomed

neat, ordered, orderly, tidy

careful, fastidious, fussy, meticulous

clean, cleaned, cleanly, immaculate, spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied
Antonyms of unkempt

dapper, dashing, dolled up, sharp, smart, spruce

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