Disheveled Definition

dĭ-shĕvəld
adjective
Having disheveled hair or clothing.
Webster's New World
Disarranged and untidy; tousled; rumpled.
Webster's New World
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.
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verb

Simple past tense and past participle of dishevel.

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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

Disheveled Sentence Examples

  • His bleached hair was disheveled, his eyes squinting at the hall light.

  • Her eyes were red, her red hair wet and disheveled, and she wore a flannel bathrobe and was barefoot.

  • He looked as tired as she felt, his hair disheveled and dark circles beneath his blazing golden eyes.

  • One look at her disheveled '70s garb, and she decided to change into pajamas.

  • Rostov, rubbing his eyes that seemed glued together, raised his disheveled head from the hot pillow.

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