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单词 disheveled
释义

disheveled

adjective

di·​shev·​eled di-ˈshev-əld How to pronounce disheveled (audio)
variants or dishevelled
: marked by disorder or disarray
disheveled hair

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Disheveled comes from Middle English discheveled, meaning "bareheaded" or "with disordered hair." That word is partially based on Anglo-French deschevelé, a combination of the prefix des- ("dis-") and chevoil ("hair"). In English, disheveled describes things other than hair that have a messy or untidy appearance.

Synonyms

  • chaotic
  • cluttered
  • confused
  • disarranged
  • disarrayed
  • disordered
  • disorderly
  • higgledy-piggledy
  • hugger-mugger
  • jumbled
  • littered
  • messed
  • messy
  • muddled
  • mussed
  • mussy
  • pell-mell
  • rumpled
  • sloppy
  • topsy-turvy
  • tousled
  • tumbled
  • unkempt
  • untidy
  • upside-down
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Example Sentences

His wrinkled suit gave him a disheveled appearance. They looked dirty and disheveled.
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Word History

Etymology

Middle English discheveled bareheaded, with disordered hair, partial translation of Anglo-French deschevelé, from des- dis- + chevoil hair, from Latin capillus

First Known Use

1583, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

disheveled

adjective

di·​shev·​eled
variants or dishevelled
di-ˈshe-vəld
: messy sense 1 disheveled hair

disheveled 1 of 2

adjective

variants or dishevelled
as in confused
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness I got my suit pressed so I wouldn't look so disheveled for the wedding

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • confused
  • messy
  • sloppy
  • messed
  • chaotic
  • unkempt
  • rumpled
  • dirty
  • tousled
  • mussed
  • untidy
  • cluttered
  • disarrayed
  • disordered
  • jumbled
  • disarranged
  • disorderly
  • littered
  • muddled
  • shaggy
  • wrinkled
  • filthy
  • mussy
  • stained
  • tumbled
  • bedraggled
  • nasty
  • grimy
  • slovenly
  • uncombed
  • soiled
  • spotted
  • neglected
  • dingy
  • higgledy-piggledy
  • begrimed
  • smudged
  • grungy
  • topsy-turvy
  • frowsy
  • draggled
  • squalid
  • grubby
  • unclean
  • blackened
  • upside-down
  • dowdy
  • hugger-mugger
  • sloven
  • pell-mell
  • out of joint
  • sullied
  • uncleanly
  • neglectful
  • tangled
  • slatternly
  • mucky
  • befouled
  • besmirched
  • at sixes and sevens
  • polluted
  • frowzy
  • shabby
  • foul
  • contaminated
  • cruddy
  • grotty
  • defiled
  • knotted
  • snarled
  • adulterated
  • tainted
  • seedy
  • sordid
  • negligent
  • bemired
  • sleazy

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • orderly
  • kempt
  • tidy
  • neat
  • organized
  • cleaned
  • crisp
  • uncluttered
  • spotless
  • clean
  • immaculate
  • trim
  • unsoiled
  • shipshape
  • sparkling
  • ordered
  • unsullied
  • hygienic
  • antiseptic
  • snug
  • systematic
  • regular
  • stainless
  • methodical
  • tidied
  • cleanly
  • neatened
  • well-ordered
  • careful
  • meticulous
  • methodic
  • systematized
  • fastidious
  • fussy
  • bandbox
  • manicured
  • finicky
  • combed
  • spic-and-span
  • groomed
  • spick-and-span
  • wholesome
  • untainted
  • unpolluted
  • well-groomed
  • undefiled
  • taintless
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disheveled

2 of 2

verb

variants or dishevelled
past tense of dishevel
as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • disrupted
  • disturbed
  • disorganized
  • tousled
  • mussed
  • disordered
  • jumbled
  • disarranged
  • rumpled
  • shuffled
  • disarrayed
  • deranged
  • disjointed
  • muddled
  • scrambled
  • upset
  • confused
  • dislocated
  • discomposed
  • tumbled
  • snarled
  • unsettled
  • hashed
  • tangled
  • perturbed
  • cluttered
  • embroiled
  • entangled
  • agitated
  • mixed (up)
  • messed (up)
  • stirred (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • organized
  • tidied
  • arranged
  • disposed
  • arrayed
  • regulated
  • ordered
  • lined
  • ranged
  • aligned
  • straightened (up)
  • lined up
  • classified
  • marshalled
  • marshaled
  • adjusted
  • queued
  • systematized
  • alined
  • groomed
  • made up
  • fixed
  • codified
  • drew up
  • methodized
  • systemized
  • spruced (up)
  • unscrambled
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