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- Dictionarydishevelled/dɪˈʃɛvld/
adjective
- 1. (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered: "a man with long dishevelled hair"
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DISHEVELLED definition: (of people or their appearance) very untidy: . Learn more.
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.
DISHEVELED definition: 1. (of people or their appearance) very messy: 2. (of people or their appearance) not neat; messy: . Learn more.
Dishevelled definition: (esp of hair) hanging loosely. See examples of DISHEVELLED used in a sentence.
adjective. If you describe someone's hair, clothes, or appearance as dishevelled, you mean that it is very untidy. She arrived flushed and dishevelled. Synonyms: untidy, disordered, messy, ruffled More Synonyms of dishevelled. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers. Word Frequency.
(of people or their appearance) very messy: disheveled hair / clothes / appearance. He ran in looking hot and disheveled. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Dirty & untidy. all over the place idiom. Augean. besmeared. bespattered. bloodied. look like something the cat brought/dragged in idiom. manky. messily. messy. mucky. sluttishly.
Disheveled definition: hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt. See examples of DISHEVELED used in a sentence.
in disarray; extremely disorderly.
Definition of dishevelled adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. (Hairdressing & Grooming) (esp of hair) hanging loosely. 2. (Clothing & Fashion) (of general appearance) unkempt; untidy. [C15 dischevelee, from Old French deschevelé, from des- dis- 1 + chevel hair, from Latin capillus]
