dishevel

Old French descheveler

• (UK) IPA^(key): [dɪ(s)ˈʃɛvəɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɛvəl

dishevel (third-person singular simple present dishevels, present participle disheveling or dishevelling, simple past and past participle disheveled or dishevelled)

1. (transitive) To throw into disorder; upheave.
2. (transitive) To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).
   • Spenser

     With garments rent and hair dishevelled, / Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.

   • Cowper

     Like the fair flower dishevelled in the wind.

3. (intransitive) To spread out in disorder.

• dishevelment

• she-devil