dishevel
to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
to cause untidiness and disarray in: The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.
Origin of dishevel
1Other words from dishevel
- di·shev·el·ment, noun
Words Nearby dishevel
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How to use dishevel in a sentence
I never can get them there girls of mine to dishevel themselves in time.
Manners, Vol 1 of 3 | Frances BrookeRich chaplets these were, that the winds might not dishevel their comely hair, and this is true i' faith.
The Nibelungenlied | UnknownMen tear their garments; women dishevel their hair; all take off their ornaments, and disfigure their faces with ashes or clay.
Fetichism in West Africa | Robert Hamill NassauI find it clear and very clarifying, after the innumerable hours I have spent in trying to dishevel him.
The Letters of William James, Vol. II | William James
British Dictionary definitions for dishevel
/ (dɪˈʃɛvəl) /
to disarrange (the hair or clothes) of (someone)
Origin of dishevel
1Derived forms of dishevel
- dishevelment, noun
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