Disheveled

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Dishevel \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.
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              With garments rent and hair disheveled,
              Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
                                                    --Spenser.
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     2. To spread loosely or disorderly.
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              Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind.
                                                    --Cowper.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  disheveled \di*shev"eled\, dishevelled \di*shev"elled\, a.
     1. Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not
        made neat; -- used especially of hair or clothing; as,
        disheveled hair.
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     2. Having the hair in loose disorder.
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              The dancing maidens are disheveled M[ae]nads. --J.
                                                    A. Symonds.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  disheveled
       adj : in disarray; extremely disorderly; "her clothing was
             disheveled"; "powder-smeared and frowzled"; "a rumpled
             unmade bed"; "a bed with tousled sheets"; "his brown
             hair was tousled, thick, and curly"- Al Spiers [syn: {dishevelled},
              {frowzled}, {rumpled}, {tousled}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  19 Moby Thesaurus words for "disheveled":
     matted, messed up, messy, mussed up, raunchy, ruffled, rumpled,
     shaggy, slipshod, sloppy, snaggy, snarled, tousled, tously,
     tumbled, uncombed, unfastidious, unkempt, untidy