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disheveled

 
Dictionary: di·shev·eled or di·shev·elled (dĭ-shĕv'əld) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Being in loose disarray; unkempt, as hair or clothing.
  2. Marked by disorder; untidy: a disheveled pile of books on the library table.

[Middle English discheveled, from Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler, to disarrange the hair : des-, apart; see dis- + chevel, hair (from Latin capillus).]


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adjective

    Marked by an absence of cleanliness and order: messy, mussy, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unkempt, untidy. See order/disorder.

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adj

Definition: wrinkled, unkempt in appearance
Antonyms: neat, ordered, orderly, tidy, unwrinkled


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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Messy.

pronunciation After camping out on the beach, she felt disheveled and in need of a shower.

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - uredt, krøllet, sjusket

Français (French)
adj. - débraillé, en désordre, échevelé, ébouriffé

Deutsch (German)
adj. - unordentlich, schlampig, unfrisiert

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - αναμαλλιασμένος, ξεχτένιστος, ατημέλητος, απεριποίητος

Italiano (Italian)
trasandato, spettinato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - descabelado

Русский (Russian)
всклокоченный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - despeinado, desmelenado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - ovårdad

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
散乱的, 蓬乱的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 散亂的, 蓬亂的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - (머리가) 부시시한, (물건 등이) 난잡한

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 乱れた, だらしない

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מרושל, פרוע‬


 
 
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