dishevel Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb disarrange or rumple; dishevel
    tousle; tangle.
    • The strong wind tousled my hair

WordNet

Di*shev"el transitive verb
Etymology
OF. descheveler, F. décheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Disheveled or Dishevelled; present participle & verbal noun Disheveling or Dishevelling
Definitions
  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.
Di*shev"el intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. R. Sir T. Herbert.

Webster 1913