in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers
If you have tousled hair, it is untidy and looks as if it has not been brushed or combed. = dishevelled. tousled hair or a tousled appearance looks untidy
tousle
Hyphenation
tou·sle
Pronunciation
Etymology
[ 'tau-z&l, -s&l ] (transitive verb.) 15th century. Middle English touselen, frequentative of -tousen.