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[syn: tousle, dishevel, tangle]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dishevel \Di*shev"el\, v. i.
To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair.
[R.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dishevel \Di*shev"el\ (d[i^]*sh[e^]v"'l or -[e^]l), v. t. [imp.
& p. p. Disheveledor Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Disheveling or Dishevelling.] [OF. descheveler, F.
d['e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair
of the head. See Capillary.]
1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to
spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in
the passive participle.
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With garments rent and hair disheveled,
Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
--Spenser.
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2. To spread loosely or disorderly.
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Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind.
--Cowper.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dishevel
v 1: disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my
hair" [syn: tousle, dishevel, tangle]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
26 Moby Thesaurus words for "dishevel":
clutter, confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose,
dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disturb, jumble,
knock galley-west, litter, mess, mess up, misarrange, muddle, muss,
muss up, perturb, ruffle, rumple, scatter, tousle, unsettle,
upset