Disheveled comes from Middle English discheveled, meaning "bareheaded" or "with disordered hair." That word is partially based on Anglo-French deschevelé, a combination of the prefix …

1. Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing. 2. Marked by disorder; untidy: a disheveled pile of books on the library table.

DISHEVELED definition: hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt. See examples of disheveled used in a sentence.

Add to word list (of people or their appearance) not neat; messy: disheveled hair / clothes (Definition of disheveled from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge …

Definition of disheveled adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

in loose disorder: their disheveled apartment; disheveled hair. unkempt: disheveled hair. disarranged: a disheveled appearance. Also, [esp. Brit.,] di•shev′elled. 2. rumpled, messy, …

If you describe someone's hair, clothes, or appearance as disheveled, you mean that it is very untidy. She arrived flushed and disheveled.

disheveled (US) adjective also British dishevelled /dɪ ˈʃɛvəld/ Britannica Dictionary definition of DISHEVELED [more disheveled; most disheveled] : not neat or tidy

1. Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing. 2. Marked by disorder; untidy: a disheveled pile of books on the library table.

People or things that are disheveled are kind of a mess. Wrinkled clothes, knotted hair, and a chaotic house might earn the adjective disheveled. There are a lot of synonyms for disheveled, …