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Of a person, with the hair uncombed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: messy, scraggly, tousled, unkempt, untidy
Antonyms: none provided
Disorderly or untidy in appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, figuratively
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: untidy, slovenly
Antonyms: none provided
simple past and past participle of dishevel
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
in disarray; extremely disorderly- Al Spiers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- her clothing was disheveled
- powder-smeared and frowzled
- a rumpled unmade bed
- a bed with tousled sheets
- his brown hair was tousled, thick, and curly
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: disheveled, frowzled, rumpled, tousled
Antonyms: none provided
From earlier dishevely, from Old French deschevelé (modern French déchevelé and échevelé), from des- (“dis-”), + chevel (“hair”) (modern French cheveu). See there for more details.
Across languages
Translations
98 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
أَشْعَث
(ʔašʕaṯ)
— uncombed
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Bulgarian:
разчорлен
(razčorlen)
— uncombed
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Cebuano:
pagpag
— uncombed
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Cebuano:
palpag
— uncombed
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Cebuano:
warong
— uncombed
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Czech:
neučesaný
— uncombed
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Czech:
rozcuchaný
— uncombed
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Finnish:
epäsiisti
— uncombed
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Finnish:
sotkuinen
— uncombed
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French:
ébouriffé
— uncombed
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Galician:
espeluxado
— uncombed
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Georgian:
დაუვარცხნელი
(dauvarcxneli)
— uncombed
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German:
ungekämmt
— uncombed
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German:
struppig
— uncombed
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German:
zerzaust
— uncombed
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German:
wuschelig
— uncombed
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German:
verwuschelt
— uncombed
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Hungarian:
kócos
— uncombed
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Irish:
gliobach
— uncombed
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Italian:
spettinato
— uncombed
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Māori:
tīwanawana
— uncombed
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Māori:
hūtoi
— uncombed
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Māori:
hūtoitoi
— uncombed
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Māori:
pōtihitihi
— uncombed
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Māori:
poutihitihi
— uncombed
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Māori:
hīwanawana
— uncombed
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Māori:
puhirua
— uncombed
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Māori:
tūheihei
— uncombed
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Māori:
tūkirakira
— uncombed
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Māori:
tūtiratira
— uncombed
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Māori:
kōritorito
— uncombed
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Old English:
tōsprǣdd
— uncombed
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Old English:
uncembed
— uncombed
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Portuguese:
desgrenhado
— uncombed
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Portuguese:
despenteado
— uncombed
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Russian:
непричёсанный
(nepričósannyj)
— uncombed
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Sicilian:
a l'ariò
— uncombed
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Sicilian:
a l'ària
— uncombed
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Sicilian:
a l'àriu
— uncombed
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Spanish:
chascón
— uncombed
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Spanish:
despeinado
— uncombed
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Spanish:
desgreñado
— uncombed
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Swedish:
okammad
— uncombed
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Bulgarian:
размъкнат
(razmǎknat)
— untidy in appearance
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Czech:
nedbalý
— untidy in appearance
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Czech:
zanedbaný
— untidy in appearance
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Czech:
neupravený
— untidy in appearance
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Finnish:
epäsiisti
— untidy in appearance
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Finnish:
sotkuinen
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
თმააბურძგნული
(tmaaburʒgnuli)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
თმაგაბურძგნული
(tmagaburʒgnuli)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
თავდაუვარცხნელი
(tavdauvarcxneli)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
თავგაწეწილი
(tavgac̣ec̣ili)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
თმაგაჩეჩილი
(tmagačečili)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
თმაგაძეძილი
(tmagaʒeʒili)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
აბურდული
(aburduli)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
აჩეჩილი
(ačečili)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
გაჩეჩილი
(gačečili)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
აწეწილი
(ac̣ec̣ili)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
აწეწილ-დაწეწილი
(ac̣ec̣il-dac̣ec̣ili)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
აბურძგნული
(aburʒgnuli)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
გაბურძგნული
(gaburʒgnuli)
— untidy in appearance
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Georgian:
დაუვარცხნელი
(dauvarcxneli)
— untidy in appearance
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German:
unordentlich
— untidy in appearance
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German:
ungepflegt
— untidy in appearance
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German:
zerzaust
— untidy in appearance
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German:
verwirrt
— untidy in appearance
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Greek:
αχτένιστος
(achténistos)
— untidy in appearance
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Ancient Greek:
ἀκτένιστος
(akténistos)
— untidy in appearance
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Hungarian:
kócos
— untidy in appearance
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Hungarian:
rendetlen
— untidy in appearance
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Hungarian:
zilált
— untidy in appearance
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Irish:
aimhréidh
— untidy in appearance
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Irish:
ciafartach
— untidy in appearance
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Irish:
foltscaoilte
— untidy in appearance
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Irish:
gliobach
— untidy in appearance
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Māori:
puhirua
— untidy in appearance
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Māori:
tūheihei
— untidy in appearance
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Māori:
tīwanawana
— untidy in appearance
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Māori:
hūtoi
— untidy in appearance
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Māori:
hūtoitoi
— untidy in appearance
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Māori:
uarapa
— untidy in appearance
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Māori:
kōritorito
— untidy in appearance
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Polish:
rozczochrany
— untidy in appearance
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Polish:
rozchełstany
— untidy in appearance
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Portuguese:
descabelado
— untidy in appearance
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Portuguese:
desgrenhado
— untidy in appearance
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Russian:
взъеро́шенный
(vzʺjeróšennyj)
— untidy in appearance
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Russian:
нечёсаный
(nečósanyj)
— untidy in appearance
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Russian:
всклоко́ченный
(vsklokóčennyj)
— untidy in appearance
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Sicilian:
scunzatu
— untidy in appearance
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Sicilian:
scapiḍḍatu
— untidy in appearance
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Spanish:
desaseado
— untidy in appearance
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Spanish:
descuidado
— untidy in appearance
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Spanish:
desordenado
— untidy in appearance
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Spanish:
desaliñado
— untidy in appearance
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Spanish:
malafacha
— untidy in appearance
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Swedish:
oborstad
— untidy in appearance
