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   Di·shev·eled

   /dəˈSHevəld/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered: "a man with long disheveled hair"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from obsolete dishevely, from Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler (based on chevel ‘hair’, from Latin capillus). The original sense was ‘having the hair uncovered’; later, referring to the hair itself, ‘hanging loose’, hence ‘disordered, untidy’. Compare with unkempt.

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   The meaning of DISHEVELED is marked by disorder or disarray. How to use disheveled in a sentence. Did you know?

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   Disheveled definition: hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt. See examples of DISHEVELED used in a sentence.

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   DISHEVELED definition: 1. (of people or their appearance) very messy: 2. (of people or their appearance) not neat; messy: . Learn more.

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   The meaning of DISHEVEL is to throw into disorder or disarray. How to use dishevel in a sentence.

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   DISHEVELED meaning: 1. (of people or their appearance) very messy: 2. (of people or their appearance) not neat; messy: . Learn more.

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   People or things that are disheveled are kind of a mess. Wrinkled clothes, knotted hair, and a chaotic house might earn the adjective disheveled. There are a lot of synonyms for disheveled, including "disordered," "sloppy," and "cluttered." A person can look disheveled when getting up in the morning, and some people even adopt a disheveled look ...

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   1. Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing. 2. Marked by disorder; untidy: a disheveled pile of books on the library table. [Middle English discheveled, from Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler, to disarrange the hair : des-, apart; see dis- + chevel, hair (from Latin capillus ).]

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   to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing. to cause untidiness and disarray in: The wind disheveled the papers on the desk. dishevel. / dɪˈʃɛvəl / verb. to disarrange (the hair or clothes) of (someone)

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    Definition of disheveled adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

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    dishevelled. adjective. in disarray; extremely disorderly. synonyms: disheveled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled. untidy. not neat and tidy.