tousle

Questions about tousle

What does tousle mean?

tousle means "disarrange or rumple; dishevel".

How many syllables are in tousle?

tousle has 2 syllables and divides as tou-sle under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for tousle?

Close synonyms include dishevel, tangle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tousle a common word?

tousle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.