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Dishevelled

//dɪˈʃɛvəld//

Definitions

adjmore dishevelled · most dishevelled

1
With the hair uncombed.
Similar
messy scraggly tousled
2
Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack utside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]
Similar
untidy slovenly

verb

1
simple past and past participle of dishevel

Word Origin

From earlier dishevely, from Old French deschevelé (modern French déchevelé and échevelé), from des- (“dis-”), + chevel (“hair”) (modern French cheveu). See there for more details.

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