dishevelled en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /dɪsˈʃɛvəld/
- (US) audio
- /dɪˈʃɛvəld/
Etymology
From earlier dishevely, from Old French deschevelé (modern French déchevelé and échevelé), from des- (“dis-”), + chevel (“hair”) (modern French cheveu). See there for more details.
Meanings
- Of a person, with the hair uncombed.
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(broadly, figuratively) Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack utside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]
1913, Robert Barr, chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad:This is a crazy, dishevelled, often hilarious film, in which lightning flashes of wit and insight crackle periodically across a plane of tedium. I sometimes felt I was watching the 100-hour version.
2018 August 31, Peter Bradshaw, “The Other Side of the Wind review – lost Orson Welles epic is hurricane of anger and wit”, in The Guardian:“Wild-eyed and disheveled, King Hrethel roamed every night through his throne room, which was empty and still.”
1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 43:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most dishevelled | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more dishevelled | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| disheveled | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
shevelled · dishevelledly · undishevelled
Synonyms
unkempt · scraggly · tousled · untidy · slovenly · untidy · messy
Translations (100)
ka თმააბურძგნული (untidy in appearance) · pl rozczochrany (untidy in appearance) · es malafacha (untidy in appearance) · bg разчорлен (uncombed) · mi hūtoi (untidy in appearance) · cs neučesaný (uncombed) · mi tūtiratira (uncombed) · fi epäsiisti (uncombed) · mi tīwanawana (untidy in appearance) · mi puhirua (uncombed) · mi kōritorito (uncombed) · ceb warong (uncombed) · pt descabelado (uncombed) · de zerzaust (untidy in appearance) · cs zanedbaný (untidy in appearance) · ru непричёсанный (uncombed) · mi hūtoi (uncombed) · mi tūheihei (uncombed) · mi tīwanawana (uncombed) · es desordenado (untidy in appearance) · ru нечёсаный (untidy in appearance) · mi kōritorito (untidy in appearance) · sv oborstad (untidy in appearance) · scn a l'ària (uncombed) · ka აბურდული (untidy in appearance) · mi tūkirakira (uncombed) · cs rozcuchaný (uncombed) · es chascoso (uncombed) · cs nedbalý (untidy in appearance) · scn scunzatu (untidy in appearance) · ka აწეწილი (untidy in appearance) · ceb pagpag (uncombed) · ka თავგაწეწილი (untidy in appearance) · ka აბურძგნული (untidy in appearance) · de ungepflegt (untidy in appearance) · cs neupravený (untidy in appearance) · ga ciafartach (untidy in appearance) · es despeinado (uncombed) · ka თავდაუვარცხნელი (untidy in appearance) · es chascón (uncombed) · de verwuschelt (uncombed) · scn scapiḍḍatu (untidy in appearance) · pt despenteado (uncombed) · ka თმაგაბურძგნული (untidy in appearance) · ga foltscaoilte (untidy in appearance) · mi poutihitihi (uncombed) · pl rozchełstany (untidy in appearance) · it spettinato (uncombed) · ru всклоко́ченный (untidy in appearance) · de unordentlich (untidy in appearance) · fi sotkuinen (untidy in appearance) · hu kócos (uncombed) · ka აჩეჩილი (untidy in appearance) · pt descabelado (untidy in appearance) · ga aimhréidh (untidy in appearance) · de struppig (uncombed) · es descuidado (untidy in appearance) · es desaliñado (untidy in appearance) · es desgreñado (uncombed) · ka დაუვარცხნელი (uncombed) · ka თმაგაძეძილი (untidy in appearance) · ka თმაგაჩეჩილი (untidy in appearance) · ga gliobach (untidy in appearance) · mi tūheihei (untidy in appearance) · ar أَشْعَث (uncombed) · ka გაჩეჩილი (untidy in appearance) · ang uncembed (uncombed) · es desaseado (untidy in appearance) · sv okammad (uncombed) · de zerzaust (uncombed) · ka დაუვარცხნელი (untidy in appearance) · ang tōsprǣdd (uncombed) · mi hūtoitoi (untidy in appearance) · de verwirrt (untidy in appearance) · pt desgrenhado (uncombed) · mi uarapa (untidy in appearance) · de wuschelig (uncombed) · hu kócos (untidy in appearance) · gl espeluxado (uncombed) · bg размъкнат (untidy in appearance) · mi pōtihitihi (uncombed) · mi puhirua (untidy in appearance) · scn a l'ariò (uncombed) · fi sotkuinen (uncombed) · ga gliobach (uncombed) · fi epäsiisti (untidy in appearance) · scn a l'àriu (uncombed) · hu rendetlen (untidy in appearance) · ru взъеро́шенный (untidy in appearance) · ka გაბურძგნული (untidy in appearance) · mi hūtoitoi (uncombed) · fr ébouriffé (uncombed) · hu zilált (untidy in appearance) · mi hīwanawana (uncombed) · de ungekämmt (uncombed) · ceb palpag (uncombed) · pt desgrenhado (untidy in appearance) · el αχτένιστος (untidy in appearance) · grc ἀκτένιστος (untidy in appearance) · ka აწეწილ-დაწეწილი (untidy in appearance)