kempt
adjective
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Definition of kempt
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Synonyms & Antonyms for kempt
Synonyms
antiseptic, bandbox, crisp, groomed, neat, orderly, picked up, prim, shipshape, smug, snug, tidied, tidy, trig, trim, uncluttered, well-groomed
Antonyms
disheveled (or dishevelled), disordered, disorderly, messy, mussed, mussy, sloven, slovenly, unkempt, untidy
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Examples of kempt in a Sentence
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Silence your internal neat freak A well-kempt garden is the toad’s worst enemy. — Molly Marquand, Good Housekeeping, "5 Ways To Attract Toads To Your Garden (And Why You’d Totally Want To)," 16 May 2017 There was a whiff of mystery, a sense that something more was going on behind those well-kempt exteriors. — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, "Vanishing As a Way to Reclaim Your Life," 9 Feb. 2018 A well-kempt courtyard for visitors conceals the prison’s overcrowding—stuffed to nine times its capacity with up to 250 women sharing a cell. — National Geographic, "Where Women with Zika Fear Prison," 19 Oct. 2016These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'kempt.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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