What does dishevel mean?
Definitions for dishevel
dɪˈʃɛv əldi·shev·el
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Princeton's WordNet
tousle, dishevel, tangleverb
disarrange or rumple; dishevel
"The strong wind tousled my hair"
Wiktionary
dishevelverb
To throw into disorder; upheave.
The economic crisis disheveled the lives of several families.
dishevelverb
To disarrange or loosen (hair or clothing).
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To Dishevelverb
To spread the hair disorderly; to throw the hair of a woman negligently about her head. It is not often used but in the passive participle.
Etymology: decheveler, French.
A gentle lady all alone,
With garments rent and hair dishevelled,
Wringing her hands, and making piteous moan. Edmund Spenser, Fa. Qu.After followed great numbers of women weeping, with dishevelled hair, scratching their faces and tearing themselves after the manner of the country. Richard Knolles.
A troop of Trojans mix’d with these appear,
And mourning matrons with dishevell’d hair. John Dryden, Æneid.The flames involv’d in smoak
Of incence, from the sacred altar broke,
Caught her dishevell’d hair and rich attire. John Dryden, Æneid.You this morn beheld his ardent eyes,
Saw his arm lock’d in her dishevell’d hair. Edmund Smith, Ph. Hip.
Webster Dictionary
Dishevelverb
to suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle
Dishevelverb
to spread loosely or disorderly
Dishevelverb
to be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair
Etymology: [OF. descheveler, F. dcheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair of the head. See Capillary.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Dishevel
di-shev′el, v.t. to disorder the hair: to cause the hair to hang loose.—v.i. to spread in disorder:—pr.p. dishev′elling; pa.p. dishev′elled.—n. Dishev′elment. [O. Fr. discheveler—Low L. discapillāre, to tear out or disorder the hair—L. dis, in different directions, capillus, the hair.]
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of dishevel in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of dishevel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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