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dishevel

[dih-shev-uhl]

verb (used with object)

disheveled, disheveling , dishevelled, dishevelling .
  1. to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.

  2. to cause untidiness and disarray in.

    The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.



dishevel

/ ɪˈʃɛə /

verb

  1. to disarrange (the hair or clothes) of (someone)

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • dishevelment noun
  • 徱ˈ𱹱Գ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dishevel1

First recorded in 1590–1600; back formation from disheveled
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of dishevel1

C15: back formation from dishevelled
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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.

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A disheveled woman then emerges from the side of the building, meets Frankie’s stare and moves off into the night.

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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.

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We learn that this disheveled gangster has bona fide empathy.

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With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.

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