From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dishevel \Di*shev"el\, verb (used without an object) To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.] --Sir T. Herbert.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Dishevel \Di*shev"el\ (d[i^]*sh[e^]v"'l or -[e^]l), verb (used with an object) [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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verb
1: disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my hair" [syn: {tousle}, {tangle}] [also: {dishevelling}, {dishevelled}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "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
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