Antonyms for unkempt

Grammar : Adj

Spell : uhn-kempt

Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈkɛmpt

Definition of unkempt

Origin : 1570s, from un- (1) "not" + kempt "well-combed, neat," from variant past participle of Old English cemban "to comb," from Proto-Germanic *kambijan, from *kamb- "comb" (see comb). Form unkembed is recorded from late 14c. The verb kemb is rare after 1400s, but its negative past participle form endures.

adj shabby, sloppy

Example sentences :

He ran through the unkempt garden, and was quickly at the door.
Extract from : « The Dare Boys of 1776 » by Stephen Angus Cox

Shorn was the unkempt mop of hair and vanished the impudent swagger.
Extract from : « Cy Whittaker's Place » by Joseph C. Lincoln

He even began a smile in the shadows of his unkempt moustache.
Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic

There were two rough-haired, unkempt horses in the tumble-down stable.
Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle

Peter knew me not at first, so changed and unkempt was I with my long journeyings.
Extract from : « Sir Ludar » by Talbot Baines Reed

But then the slope was wild and unkempt, covered over with briars and brambles.
Extract from : « History of the Moravian Church » by J. E. Hutton

His hair was wild and unkempt, his clothing torn and damaged.
Extract from : « Punch or the London Charivari, October 20, 1920 » by Various

He had a long gray beard, while his hair was also long and unkempt.
Extract from : « The Birthright » by Joseph Hocking

Nevil became a wretched, unkempt type of manhood in comparison.
Extract from : « The Watchers of the Plains » by Ridgewell Cullum

Sam became uncomfortably conscious of his unkempt condition.
Extract from : « The Huntress » by Hulbert Footner

Synonyms for unkempt

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