English
Etymology
From earlier dishevely , from Old French deschevelé (modern French déchevelé and échevelé ), from des- ( “ dis- ” ) , + chevel ( “ hair ” ) (modern French cheveu ).
Pronunciation
Adjective
dishevelled (comparative more dishevelled , superlative most dishevelled )
( of a person ) With the hair uncombed .
Synonyms: messy , scraggly , tousled , unkempt , untidy
( by extension ) Disorderly or untidy in appearance .
Synonym: untidy
1913 , Robert Barr , chapter 6, in Lord Stranleigh Abroad [1] :The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where the cooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks ; half of them in a very dishevelled state, [ …]
2018 August 31, Peter Bradshaw, “The Other Side of the Wind review – lost Orson Welles epic is hurricane of anger and wit”, in The Guardian [2] :This is a crazy, dishevelled , often hilarious film, in which lightning flashes of wit and insight crackle periodically across a plane of tedium. I sometimes felt I was watching the 100-hour version.
Translations
uncombed
Georgian: დაუვარცხნელი ( dauvarcxneli )
German: ungekämmt (de) , struppig (de) , zerzaust (de)
Hungarian: kócos (hu)
Maori: tīwanawana , hūtoi , hūtoitoi , pōtihitihi , poutihitihi , hīwanawana , puhirua , tūheihei , tūkirakira , tūtiratira , kōritorito
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Russian: непричёсанный (ru) ( nepričósannyj )
Spanish: chascón (es) , despeinado (es)
Swedish: okammad (sv)
untidy in appearance
Finnish: epäsiisti (fi) , sotkuinen (fi)
French: ébouriffé (fr) ( hair )
Georgian: თმააბურძგნული ( tmaaburʒgnuli ) , თმაგაბურძგნული ( tmagaburʒgnuli ) , თავდაუვარცხნელი ( tavdauvarcxneli ) , თავგაწეწილი ( tavgac̣ec̣ili ) , თმაგაჩეჩილი ( tmagačečili ) , თმაგაძეძილი ( tmagaʒeʒili ) , აბურდული ( aburduli ) , აჩეჩილი ( ačečili ) , გაჩეჩილი ( gačečili ) , აწეწილი ( ac̣ec̣ili ) , აწეწილ-დაწეწილი ( ac̣ec̣il-dac̣ec̣ili ) , აბურძგნული ( aburʒgnuli ) , გაბურძგნული ( gaburʒgnuli ) , დაუვარცხნელი ( dauvarcxneli )
German: unordentlich (de) , ungepflegt (de) ( rather negative ) , zerzaust (de) ( hair ) , verwirrt (de) ( hair )
Greek: αχτένιστος (el) ( achténistos )
Ancient: ἀκτένιστος ( akténistos )
Hungarian: ( hair ) kócos (hu) , ( clothes ) rendetlen (hu)
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Irish: aimhréidh , ciafartach , foltscaoilte , gliobach
Maori: puhirua , tūheihei , tūheihei , tīwanawana , hūtoi , hūtoitoi , uarapa , kōritorito
Polish: ( hair ) rozczochrany (pl) , ( clothes ) rozchełstany (pl)
Portuguese: descabelado
Russian: ( hair ) взъеро́шенный (ru) ( vzʺjeróšennyj ) , ( hair ) нечёсаный (ru) ( nečósanyj ) , всклоко́ченный (ru) ( vsklokóčennyj )
Spanish: desaseado (es) , descuidado (es) , desordenado (es)
Verb
dishevelled
simple past and past participle of dishevel