Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
- adjective Marked by disorder; untidy.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not made neat; -- used especially of hair or clothing.
- adjective Having the hair in loose disorder.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective
untidy orunkempt ;messy - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
dishevel .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective in disarray; extremely disorderly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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The unruly Giant players in disheveled jerseys and beards scream into the clubhouse after hugging and cheering on the field and you hand out a pair of goggles and maybe you will have a beer after it calms down a bit.
Colin Barnicle: Wearing Goggles at the End Is Good Colin Barnicle 2010
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The unruly Giant players in disheveled jerseys and beards scream into the clubhouse after hugging and cheering on the field and you hand out a pair of goggles and maybe you will have a beer after it calms down a bit.
Colin Barnicle: Wearing Goggles at the End Is Good Colin Barnicle 2010
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The unruly Giant players in disheveled jerseys and beards scream into the clubhouse after hugging and cheering on the field and you hand out a pair of goggles and maybe you will have a beer after it calms down a bit.
Colin Barnicle: Wearing Goggles at the End Is Good Colin Barnicle 2010
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I mean, in addition to the fact that he needs a shave -- and he's otherwise disheveled, which is especially bad since he's also overweight... and everyone else is above-average in looks?
Archive 2006-03-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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People who knew Weisberg as a child recall a disheveled and awkward boy who habitually chewed on his shirt collar.
One Smart Bookie 2001
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People who knew Weisberg as a child recall a disheveled and awkward boy who habitually chewed on his shirt collar.
One Smart Bookie 2001
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The shooter is described as disheveled and heavyset and appeared to be in his 40s, wearing a green windbreaker and driving a 1990s-model Chevy pickup.
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But still, the 1,000-square-foot Victorian cottage didn't live up to its potential inside. hotel room that could only be described as disheveled - covers strewed across the bed, towels on the floor, half-empty coffee cups on the table - when there was a knock on the
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Obama's approval rating finally rising, says poll hotel room that could only be described as disheveled - covers tossed across the bed, towels on the floor, half-empty coffee cups on the table - when there was a knock News 215-854-5960 Almost 29 years have passed since an assassin's bullet took John Lennon.
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"If you're looking to buy in a building, and the staff is curt or not polite or disheveled, that is very important in determining property values," said David Kuperberg, the chief executive of Cooper Square Realty Inc., which manages about 200 co-op and condominium buildings, mostly in Manhattan.
ParaPundit 2008
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"His hair was dripping wet, disheveled-even so, he looked like he'd just finished shooting a commercial for hair gel."- Twilight, Stephanie Meyer, pg.43
October 27, 2010