dishevel
/dɪˈʃɛvl
/verb (dishevels, dishevelling, dishevelled; US dishevels, disheveling, disheveled) [with object]
Make (a person’s hair or clothes) untidy: he ran one hand through his hair, further dishevelling it...
- She was so beautiful, standing there, looking at him with her deep-set eyes and the wind disheveling her hair, blowing it across her peachy skinned face.
- I sat up quickly, disheveling my clothes and pillows.
- Alex lightly dug his fist into my head, disheveling my hair.
Origin
Probably a back-formation from dishevelled.
Rhymes
- mystery-mongering
- mystery novel
- mystery play
- mystery religion
- mystery ship
- mystery shopper
- mystery story
- mystery tour
- mystery train
- mystery trip
- mystery woman
- mystery writer
- mystes
- mystic
- mystical
- mysticality
- mystically
- mysticalness
- mystical theology
- mysticete
- Mysticeti
- mysticise
- mysticism
- mysticist
- mysticity