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dishevel
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Word definitions for dishevel in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Dishevel \Di*shev"el\, v. i. To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
v. disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair" [syn: tousle , tangle ] [also: dishevelling , dishevelled ]
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
originally an adjective, "bare-headed," late 14c., variant (with muted final -e ) of dishevely , from Old French deschevele "bare-headed, with shaven head," past participle adjective from descheveler "to disarrange the hair," from des- "apart" (see dis- ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To throw into disorder; upheave. 2 (context transitive English) To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).
Usage examples of dishevel.
A dusty, disheveled guy whose sandy crew cut even looked rumpled, he was always with his close friend and fellow Arkansan Captain Morris.
Breathless from the dance, her hair as disheveled as a genuine bacchante, Messalina screamed with delight and shook the ivy-twined staff of Bacchus.
She commented on it with strong disapproval to her guardian, who had drawn up beside her at a check, but he merely looked faintly surprised, and said that the notion of Brummell muddied and dishevelled from a long day in the saddle was too absurd to be contemplated.
Dirty and disheveled, burrs sticking in her hair, she limped to The Forks, turned in at the gate, and made her way up the drive.
June took one last scan around the gaslit interior, some bunks dishevelled by recent packing, marvelling again that she had actually spent the last 12 of her 31 years in this one room, wondering if it could be true that she would never see it again.
The local taxi, a long station wagon with rocket-age fins and writing on its side, dropped off Ginger and Betsy and their gypsyish and disheveled bundles and satchels in a confusion of lamplight and opening doors and asking and answering voices.
Heln, disheveled hair hanging uncombed, worn housedress askew, eyes puffed almost as though from crying, was far from appetizing.
On its long back sat Daniel, hunched forward, capless, his disheveled gray hair hanging over his flushed, perspiring face.
The dash up the steps of Beau Repos left them all damp, disheveled, and completely out of sorts, a condition Caroline credited with saving her from the summons from Madame she had expected.
He brushed her lips gently with his before he rearranged their disheveled clothing and led her back to the house.
He brushed back her disheveled hair and looked at her with eyes that were tender and possessive.
I could see the early light glint copper off his hair, which lay tumbled loose over his shoulders, disheveled as though he had just risen from his bed.
They were what might be generously called sportily disheveled, and I found it more amusing than anything else.
Campion, dishevelled, and unbeautifully clad, met her frank enquiring gaze with one of his rare flashes of undisguised honesty.
Akeela waited patiently until finally the door opened, revealing Beith in a disheveled robe and unkempt hair, her red eyes rimmed with sunken bags.