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Webster 1913 Edition

dishevelled

di-shev′eled

,

di-shev′elled

,

Adj.

1.

Hanging in loose disorder; disarranged; in disarray; not made neat; – used especially of hair or clothing;

as,

disheveled

hair

.

2.

Having the hair in loose disorder.

The dancing maidens are

disheveled

Mænads.

J. A. Symonds.

Definition 2024

dishevelled

dishevelled

English

Alternative forms

disheveled

Adjective

dishevelled ‎(comparative more dishevelled, superlative most dishevelled)

(of a person) With the hair uncombed.
(by extension) Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
- 1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:
  The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]

Synonyms

messy, scraggly, tousled, unkempt, untidy

Translations

untidy in appearance

Finnish: epäsiisti (fi), sotkuinen (fi)
French: ébouriffé (fr) (hair)
German: unordentlich (de), ungepflegt (de) (rather negative), zerzaust (de) (hair), verwirrt (de) (hair)
Greek:
Ancient: ἀκτένιστος ‎(akténistos)
Hungarian: (hair) kócos (hu), (clothes) rendetlen (hu)

Irish: aimhréidh, ciafartach, foltscaoilte, gliobach
Maori: puhirua, tūheihei, tūheihei, tīwanawana, hūtoi, hūtoitoi, uarapa
Polish: (hair) rozczochrany (pl), (clothes) rozchełstany (pl)
Portuguese: descabelado
Russian: (hair) взъеро́шенный (ru) ‎(vzʺjeróšennyj), (hair) нечёсаный (ru) ‎(nečósanyj), всклоко́ченный (ru) ‎(vsklokóčennyj)
Spanish: desaseado (es), muy descuicado m, desordenado (es) m, descuidadisimo m, desordenadisimo m

uncombed

German: stubbig, ungekämmt (de), struppig (de), zerzaust (de)

Maori: tīwanawana, hūtoi, hūtoitoi, pōtihitihi, poutihitihi, hīwanawana, puhirua, tūheihei, tūkirakira, tūtiratira
Russian: непричёсанный (ru) ‎(nepričósannyj)
Spanish: chascón (es), despeinado (es)
Swedish: okammad (sv)

Verb

dishevelled

simple past tense and past participle of dishevel

See also

unkempt