disheveled

The definition of disheveled is someone or something that is untidy, messy or unkempt.

(adjective)

A person who has his hair uncombed, his shirt untucked and stains on his shirt is an example of someone who would be described as disheveled.

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See disheveled in Webster's New World College Dictionary

or dishevelled

adjective

  1. disarranged and untidy; tousled; rumpled: said of hair, clothing, etc.
  2. having disheveled hair or clothing

Origin: ME discheveled < OFr deschevelé (pp. of descheveler, to tousle < des-, dis- + chevel, hair < L capillus) + -ed, -ed

See disheveled in American Heritage Dictionary 4

or di·shev·elled

adjective
  1. Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
  2. Marked by disorder; untidy: a disheveled pile of books on the library table.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English discheveled

Origin: , from Old French deschevele

Origin: , past participle of descheveler, to disarrange the hair

Origin: : des-, apart; see dis- 

Origin: + chevel, hair (from Latin capillus)

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