Definitions

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  • adjective of a person With the hair uncombed.
  • adjective by extension Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of dishevel.

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  • adjective in disarray; extremely disorderly

Etymologies

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From earlier dishevely, from Old French deschevelé (modern French déchevelé and échevelé), from dis- ("dis-"), + chevel ("hair") (modern French cheveu).

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Examples

  • Deliberately peppering his utterances with swear words and appearing in public carefully dishevelled is not setting a good example of behaviour.

    David Steel says what we are all thinking 2005

  • Deliberately peppering his utterances with swear words and appearing in public carefully dishevelled is not setting a good example of behaviour.

    Archive 2005-06-01 2005

  • Yesterday, the swimsuit model was seen smoking a cigarette and looking "dishevelled" for a magazine shoot outside a 1950s-style diner at the hotel.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • The photo shoot, in which Bingle was seen smoking a cigarette and looking "dishevelled", is understood to be for Aussie fashion magazine Oyster.

    Analysis 2010

  • The photo shoot, in which Bingle was seen smoking a cigarette and looking "dishevelled", is understood to be for Aussie fashion magazine Oyster.

    Analysis 2010

  • Yesterday, the swimsuit model was seen smoking a cigarette and looking "dishevelled" for a magazine shoot outside a 1950s-style diner at the hotel.

    All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News 2010

  • The photo shoot, in which Bingle was seen smoking a cigarette and looking "dishevelled", is understood to be for Aussie fashion magazine Oyster.

    Analysis 2010

  • The photo shoot, in which Bingle was seen smoking a cigarette and looking "dishevelled", is understood to be for Aussie fashion magazine Oyster.

    Analysis 2010

  • 'Adriana Xenides dead' WEARING tracksuit pants and a loose T-shirt, the "dishevelled" woman flicking through the weekly gossip magazines at Hoxton Park newsagency was unrecognisable.

    AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories 2010

  • The photo shoot, in which Bingle was seen smoking a cigarette and looking "dishevelled", is understood to be for Aussie fashion magazine Oyster.

    Analysis 2010

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