disheveled
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di·shev·eled
or di·shev·elled (dĭ-shĕv′əld)adj.
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).]
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di•shev•eled
(dɪˈʃɛv əld)adj.
unkempt; untidy; disarranged.
Also, esp. Brit.,di•shev′elled.[1375–1425; late Middle English discheveled < Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler to dishevel the hair]
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Adj. | 1. | disheveled - 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 untidy - not neat and tidy; "careless and untidy in her personal habits"; "an untidy living room"; "untidy and casual about money" |
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disheveled
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Translations
شَعِثُ الشَّعْر، غَيْر مُرَتَّب الثِّياب
úfinn; ósnyrtilegur
izspūrissapinkojies
dishevelled,
disheveled
(diʃevəld) adjective untidy. She had been gardening and looked rather dishevelled.
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