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   dishevelled

   /dɪˈʃɛvld/

   adjective

   • 1. (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered: "a man with long dishevelled 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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   DISHEVELLED definition: (of people or their appearance) very untidy: . Learn more.

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   In English, disheveled describes things other than hair that have a messy or untidy appearance. Synonyms. chaotic. cluttered. confused. disarranged. disarrayed. disordered. disorderly. higgledy-piggledy. hugger-mugger. jumbled. littered. messed. messy. muddled. mussed. mussy. pell-mell.

4. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishDISHEVELED | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   (of people or their appearance) not neat; messy: disheveled hair / clothes. (Definition of disheveled from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Examples of disheveled.

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

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

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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 ).]

8. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › dishevelDishevel Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

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   disheveled or dishevelled; disheveling or dishevelling di-ˈshe-v (ə-)liŋ. Synonyms of dishevel. transitive verb. : to throw into disorder or disarray. dishevelment. di-ˈshev-əl-mənt. noun. Synonyms. confuse. derange. disarrange. disarray. discompose. disjoint. dislocate. disorder. disorganize. disrupt. disturb. hash. jumble. mess (up) mix (up)