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Discover LudwigThe word "mussed" is correct and can be used in written English
It is used to describe something that has been disheveled or disarranged. For example, "I noticed her hair was mussed from running her hands through it nervously."
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mussed
verb
Past of muss
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She describes how she mussed up her hair and stuck twigs into it when she was filming The Bravados with Gregory Peck in 1958.
It's Françoise Hardy in a short shift dress peeking at you through her perfectly mussed up fringe.
The hair Rebecca: Artfully mussed – the red-carpet ponytail is a world away from the "haven't washed it in three days, pass the dry shampoo" style that most mere mortals manage.
There was a brief shot of him just afterward, uncharacteristically aflame, his hair mussed.
His white stubble is carefully trimmed; his hair is artfully mussed; his socks clash with his tie on purpose.
He has blond eyebrows, a quick smile, mussed hair the color of hay.
And there's Balazs, his carefully mussed hair glistening in the incandescent light as he glides between two dining rooms that evoke a very rich and stylish person's idea of a farmhouse, all sleek blond wood and subtle lace curtains and bespoke canvas chair covers.
The bed is unfolded, made, mussed up, and folded.
He embraced Daria Pesce, who stood in her black robe with the other lawyers, and he straightened her son's tie and mussed his hair.
When Mickey returned ten minutes later, his cheeks were pink and his hair mussed upright and his eyes full of devil.
Here he appeared in street clothes, with his hair mussed; he looked as though he had just come out of rehearsal.
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