About The Word Dishevel
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Dishevel
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What's The Definition Of Dishevel?
[v] disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair"
Synonyms | Synonyms for Dishevel: tangle | tousle Related Terms | Find terms related to Dishevel: clutter | confuse | derange | disarrange | disarray | discompose | dislocate | disorder | disorganize | disturb | jumble | knock galley-west | litter | mess | mess up | misarrange | muddle | muss | muss up | perturb | ruffle | rumple | scatter | tousle | unsettle | upset See Also | disarrange Dishevel In Webster's Dictionary \Di*shev"el\ (d[i^]*sh[e^]v"'l or -[e^]l), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. {Disheveled}or {Dishevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Disheveling} or {Dishevelling}.] [OF. descheveler, F.
d['e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair
of the head. See {Capillary}.]
1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to
spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in
the passive participle.
With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her
hands and making piteous moan. --Spenser.
2. To spread loosely or disorderly.
Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind.
--Cowper.
\Di*shev"el\, v. i. To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert. |
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