Meaning & use

Mussy

adjective·Everyday

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Untidy or disheveled in appearance.

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Her hair looked mussy after the windy walk home.

He tried to smooth out the mussy bedsheets before guests arrived.

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An informal American English variant related to 'mussed,' as in 'to muss someone's hair.'

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