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Dishevel   /dɪʃˈɛvəl/   Listen
Dishevel

verb
(past & past part. disheveled or dishevelled; pres. part. disheveling or dishevelling)
1.
Disarrange or rumple; dishevel.  Synonyms: tangle, tousle.






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"Dishevel" Quotes from Famous Books



... unhinge, dislocate, put out of joint, throw out of gear. turn topsy-turvy &c. (invert) 218; bedevil; complicate, involve, perplex, confound; imbrangle[obs3], embrangle[obs3], tangle, entangle, ravel, tousle, towzle[obs3], dishevel, ruffle; rumple &c. (fold) 258. litter, scatter; mix &c. 41. rearrange &c. 148. Adj. deranged &c. v.; syncretic, syncretistic[obs3]; mussy, ...
— Roget's Thesaurus

... spirits, brother Ananda, in the sky, but of worldly mind, who dishevel their hair and weep, and stretch forth their arms and weep, fall prostrate on the ground, and roll to and fro in anguish at the thought: 'Too soon has the Blessed One died! Too soon has the Happy One passed away! Too soon has the Light ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Vol. 1 • Various



Words linked to "Dishevel" :   disarrange



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