4 definitions
for Disheveled
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Dishevel \Di*shev"el\ (d[i^]*sh[e^]v"'l or -[e^]l), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Disheveledor Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheveling or Dishevelling.] [OF. descheveler, F.
d['e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair
of the head. See Capillary.]
1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to
spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in
the passive participle.
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With garments rent and hair disheveled,
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
--Spenser.
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2. To spread loosely or disorderly.
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Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind.
--Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
disheveled \di*shev"eled\, dishevelled \di*shev"elled\, a.
1. Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not
made neat; -- used especially of hair or clothing; as,
disheveled hair.
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2. Having the hair in loose disorder.
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The dancing maidens are disheveled M[ae]nads. --J.
A. Symonds.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :
disheveled
adj : in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was
disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled
unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown
hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers [syn: dishevelled,
frowzled, rumpled, tousled]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "disheveled":
matted, messed up, messy, mussed up, raunchy, ruffled, rumpled,
shaggy, slipshod, sloppy, snaggy, snarled, tousled, tously,
tumbled, uncombed, unfastidious, unkempt, untidy
