uncombed
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3.0
- adjective
- /ʌnˈkoʊmd/
:
despeinado
- Her hair was uncombed, and she looked tired.
- uncombed hair
He sat still while his aunt bound back her uncombed hair.
- He sat still while his aunt bound back her uncombed hair.
Examples
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Her face was pretty, but her clothes were threadbare, and her hair was thin and uncombed.
Fiction book (2002) -
His uncombed hair covered his forehead, and tiredness bruised the skin beneath his eyes.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her hair was silver and uncombed, and she smiled with a gold tooth.
Fiction book (1991) -
He sat still while his aunt bound back her uncombed hair.
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Another young man, his top lip hidden by a moustache, and a woman with uncombed hair came into the hall.
Fiction book (1997) -
The image froze: Howard, hair uncombed, in his trademark black suit and work shirt.
Fiction book (2000) -
The two of them seem so much alike at first glance, both with long, uncombed blond hair, both in white saris.
Fiction book (1994) -
But that morning he was also soiled, sagging, unshaved, and uncombed, his eyes bloodshot and glary.
Fiction book (1992) -
Dueine was red-eyed and uncombed; she sat down beside me, ignoring an icy glance from Hu Moon.
Fiction book (2002) -
Her hair was clean but uncombed, falling messily around her shoulders.
Synonyms
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5.1
Not neat in appearance, often with messy hair or clothes
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5.3
Hair that looks messy after sleep or wind
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5.1
Not neat or tidy in appearance
1
5.1
Hair or clothes that look messy because they are not combed
1
6.1
A thing not neatly kept or cut that looks natural
1
3.7
Long, thick hair that looks messy and not neat
A person who has thick, untidy hair that sticks up
Having long, thick, untidy fur or hair that needs brushing
Antonyms
How Neat
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Uncombed starts with un- meaning 'not' and comes from comb, the simple tool used to make hair neat. So uncombed means hair that has not been combed and looks messy.