Last Christmas I got three cute little stuffed owls with very soft fur. Fast forward to July and they all look like something a cat dragged in. disheveled perfectly describes disheveled, wrinkled, Tangled or matte The condition of the hair or fur, whether of a human, animal or well-loved stuffed toy.
disheveled
Messy/wrinkled/messy/tangled
As an adjective, it has masculine, feminine and plural forms:
- IL for disheveled = tangled/ruffled/tangled fur
- this fur disheveled = Tangled/Ruffled/Tangled Jacket
- I hair disheveled = Tangled/wrinkled/tangled hair
- messy fur = Tangled/Ruffled/Tangled Jacket
Dogs' matted fur must be shaved off.
The dog’s tangled fur must be shaved off.
unkempt is the past participle of a verb Ruffleshas two meanings. As you might guess from the adjectives, the first one is disturb, screw upor messy. The second meaning is hairyrefers to a fearful or angry reaction that causes an animal's fur to stand on end.
When the cat sees the dog approaching, it begins to ruffle its fur.
When the cat sees the dog approaching, it starts to flutter.
Figuratively speaking, disheveled Can describe confusing, confusing, or overly complex content such as a speech or one's thoughts. The use of this metaphor gives rise to the expression tangled skeinrefers to a complex problem that has no simple solution. (twist method twist An Italian term for a length of thread or yarn that is loosely coiled and knotted.
verb Ruffles Also carries the figurative meaning of confusing or confusing ideas. As you might use the expression tangled skein To describe a complex problem, you can also say tiewhich means to further confuse things or make them worse.
The speaker’s confusing explanations only compounded the problem.
The speaker's confusing explanation only makes things more confusing.
Heather Broster is a graduate with honors in linguistics from the University of Western Ontario. She is an aspiring polyglot, fluent in English and Italian, as well as varying degrees of fluency in Japanese, Welsh and French. Originally from Toronto, Heather has lived in several countries, notably Italy for six years. Her main research areas are language acquisition, education and bilingual teaching.
