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disheveled
[ dih-shev-uhld ]
adjective
- hanging loosely or in disorder; unkempt:
disheveled hair.
- untidy; disarranged:
a disheveled appearance.
Synonyms: , ,
Other Word Forms
- ܲd·ı adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of disheveled1
Example Sentences
A disheveled woman then emerges from the side of the building, meets Frankie’s stare and moves off into the night.
Moments later, a frantic housekeeper rifles through the kitchen drawers, then returns to raise a heavy marble rolling pin over the disheveled and bloodied figure, who is by all appearances pleading for her life.
We learn that this disheveled gangster has bona fide empathy.
With a gimlet eye and a surprisingly girlish laugh, Vera is cantankerous, impatient, intensely private, unapologetically disheveled and utterly glorious.
Buddy was seen at the Kings game looking rather disheveled, with what appeared to be an unlit cigarette in his mouth and drinking what appeared to be a beer.
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