Dishevel Definition
dĭ-shĕvəl
disheveled, disheveling, dishevelled, dishevelling, dishevels
verb
disheveled, dishevelled, dishevelling, dishevels
To cause (hair, clothing, etc.) to become disarranged and untidy, as by pulling or loosening, etc.; tousle or rumple.
Webster's New World
To cause the hair or clothes of (a person) to become thus disarranged.
Webster's New World
To throw into disorder.
American Heritage
To throw into disorder; upheave.
Wiktionary
Origin of Dishevel
Back-formation from disheveled
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Old French descheveler
From Wiktionary
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