DISHEVELED


Meaning of DISHEVELED in English

adjective

or dishevelled

Etymology: Middle English discheveled, part translation of Middle French deschevelé, from Old French, past participle of descheveler to disarrange the hair, from des- dis- (I) + -cheveler (from chevel hair of the head, from Latin capillus )

: being in loose disorder or disarray : disarranged, ruffled

disheveled hair

also : marked by disarray or disorder : untidy

a disheveled movie that charges futilely about — John McCarten

Synonyms: see slipshod

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