disheveled Meaning, Definition & Usage
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verb disarrange or rumple; dishevel
tousle; dishevel; tangle.
- The strong wind tousled my hair
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adjective satellite in disarray; extremely disorderly
tousled; frowzled; rumpled; dishevelled.
- 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
WordNet
Di*shev"eled adjective
Definitions
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Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, .disheveled hair -
Having the hair in loose disorder. The dancing maidens are disheveled Mænads. J. A. Symonds.