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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"

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  2. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › disheveledDisheveled - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms - Vocabulary.com

    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."

  3. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDISHEVELED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe someone's hair, clothes, or appearance as disheveled, you mean that it is very untidy. She arrived flushed and disheveled. Synonyms: untidy , disordered , messy , ruffled More Synonyms of disheveled

  4. www.thefreedictionary.com › disheveledDisheveled - definition of disheveled by The Free Dictionary

    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).]

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishDISHEVELLED definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Definition of 'dishevelled' dishevelled. (dɪʃevəld ) regional note: in AM, use disheveled. adjective. If you describe someone's hair, clothes, or appearance as dishevelled, you mean that it is very untidy. She arrived flushed and dishevelled. Synonyms: untidy, disordered, messy, ruffled More Synonyms of dishevelled.

  6. www.yourdictionary.com › disheveledDisheveled Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Disheveled definition: Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dishevelDishevel - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To dishevel is to mess up slightly, the way a breeze might dishevel your carefully combed hair. This verb is nearly always used to talk about tousling someone's hair or mussing their clothes or bedding. So you might carefully tuck in your sheets and comforter only to watch your puppy jump on the bed and dishevel them.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › dishevelledDishevelled - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    5 days ago · adjective. in disarray; extremely disorderly. synonyms: disheveled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled. untidy. not neat and tidy. Cite this entry. Style: MLA. "Dishevelled." Vocabulary.com Dictionary, Vocabulary.com, https://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/dishevelled. Accessed 09 Oct. 2024. Copy citation. Examples from books and articles.

  9. www.wordreference.com › definition › disheveleddisheveled - WordReference.com Dictionary of English

    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. back formation from disheveled 1590–1600. di•shev′el•ment, n. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

  10. www.yourdictionary.com › dishevelledDishevelled Definition & Meaning - YourDictionary

    Dishevelled definition: (of a person) With the hair <a>uncombed</a>.

  11. www.dictionary.com › browse › dishevelledDISHEVELLED Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com

    Dishevelled definition: (esp of hair) hanging loosely. See examples of DISHEVELLED used in a sentence.