The boy's unkempt hair suggested he had just rolled out of bed.
男孩蓬乱的头发显示他刚从床上爬起来。
Choose the word that is closest in meaning to “unkempt”.
B — disheveled. “unkempt” means adj. having an untidy or disheveled appearance
His ______ beard and badly wrinkled shirt showed he had not slept in days.
D — unkempt. “unkempt” means adj. having an untidy or disheveled appearance
unkempt — adj. having an untidy or disheveled appearance. In Chinese: 蓬头垢面的.
unkempt is pronounced /ʌnˈkɛmpt/. It breaks into 2 syllables: un · kempt.
The boy's unkempt hair suggested he had just rolled out of bed. (男孩蓬乱的头发显示他刚从床上爬起来。)
disheveled, untidy, scruffy, messy — all close in meaning to unkempt (adj. having an untidy or disheveled appearance).
Yes. unkempt appears on the iSEE Vocab Upper list, which covers 804 words for the ISEE and SSAT.
un-(not)+kempt(combed)