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dishevel
[dih-shev-uhl]
verb (used with object)
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
/ ɪˈʃɛə /
verb
to disarrange (the hair or clothes) of (someone)
Other 51Թ Forms
- dishevelment noun
- 徱ˈ𱹱Գ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dishevel1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of dishevel1
Example Sentences
Devon's a disheveled, sweaty wreck storming the gates of the Kells’ orderly Elysium precisely when Michaela’s garden party is kicking off, the first of several she's planned for that weekend.
A disheveled woman then emerges from the side of the building, meets Frankie’s stare and moves off into the night.
Moments later, a frantic housekeeper rifles through the kitchen drawers, then returns to raise a heavy marble rolling pin over the disheveled and bloodied figure, who is by all appearances pleading for her life.
We learn that this disheveled gangster has bona fide empathy.
With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.
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