Disheveled meaning
The definition of disheveled is someone or something that is untidy, messy or unkempt.
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.
adjective
Disarranged and untidy; tousled; rumpled.
adjective
Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
adjective
Marked by disorder; untidy.
A disheveled pile of books on the library table.
adjective
Having disheveled hair or clothing.
adjective
Origin of disheveled
- Middle English discheveled from Old French deschevele past participle of descheveler to disarrange the hair des- apart dis– chevel hair (from Latin capillus)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition