verb
Meaning 1
To throw into disorder; upheave.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Examples
- The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
dishevel
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/dɪ(s)ˈʃɛvl̩/
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rhymes with -ɛvəl
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CMU ARPABET: D IH0 SH EH1 V AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
verb
Meaning 2
To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rumple, muss
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To spread out in disorder.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
disarrange or rumple; dishevel
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The strong wind tousled my hair
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tousle, tangle
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: disarrange
History
Etymology
From Old French descheveler (modern French écheveler, ultimately from Old French chevel).
Across languages
Translations
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: разхвърлям (razhvǎrljam) — throw into disorder
- Catalan: despentinar — throw into disorder
- Czech: rozházet — throw into disorder
- Dutch: het laten hangen — throw into disorder
- German: in Unordnung bringen — throw into disorder
- German: herumschmeißen — throw into disorder
- German: verwirren — throw into disorder
- Ido: desordinar — throw into disorder
- Kazakh: бобырау (bobyrau) — throw into disorder
- Spanish: desordenar — throw into disorder
- Finnish: pörröttää — disarrange or loosen
- German: zerzausen — disarrange or loosen
- German: zerwühlen — disarrange or loosen
- German: zerstrubbeln — disarrange or loosen
- German: verlottern — disarrange or loosen
- Russian: растрепать (rastrepatʹ) — disarrange or loosen