Definitions for disheveled

disheveled di·shev·eled

Spelling: [dih-shev-uh ld]
IPA: /dɪˈʃɛv əld/

Disheveled is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 19 points.

You can make 235 anagrams from letters in disheveled (ddeeehilsv).

Definitions for disheveled

adjective

  1. hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt:
  2. untidy; disarranged:

verb (used with object)

  1. to let down, as hair, or wear or let hang in loose disorder, as clothing.
  2. to cause untidiness and disarray in:

Origin of disheveled

1375-1425; late Middle English discheveled Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler to dishevel the hair, equivalent to des- dis-1 + -cheveler,

Examples for disheveled

The seizing of an American reporter was only a matter of time, and the bespectacled and disheveled Ostrovsky was a prime target.

He was disheveled, surprised and angry, but Garlock gave him no chance to speak.

When he expresses concern over her bruised and disheveled appearance, she lies and tells him that she fainted.

Lemkin hung around the proceedings, disheveled and unkempt, but determined.

His all-night ride from Cherbourg had left him disheveled, unshaven and hungry.

In the language of fashion, their twenty-something, cool-girl angst apparently translates to “disheveled ball gown chic.”

He was disheveled, but his manner was as imperturbable as ever.

With his fingers he gingerly parted his wet, disheveled hair.

When he arrived there, the disheveled outdoorsman was greeted at the airport by hundreds of fans.

The other advanced a step, looking a trifle pale and disheveled.

Word Value for disheveled
Scrable

18

Words with friends

19

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