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di·shevel (di s̸hev′əl)
transitive verb disheveled -·eled or dishevelled -·elled, disheveling -·el·ing or dishevelling -·el·ling
- to cause (hair, clothing, etc.) to become disarranged and untidy, as by pulling or loosening, etc.; tousle or rumple
- to cause the hair or clothes of (a person) to become thus disarranged
Etymology: back-form. < disheveled
Related Forms:
- dishevelment di·shev′·el·ment noun
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