Dishevel
[dɪ'ʃevl]
Definition
(v. t.) To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.
(v. t.) To spread loosely or disorderly.
(v. i.) To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair.
Editor: Wallace
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Disorder, entangle, disarrange
ANT:Tire, dress, plait, bind, weave, braid
Checker: Steve
Definition
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.
Checker: Spenser
Examples
- Her dark hair had been more than once dishevelled by the morning wind that day. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The man was scared also by the Colonel's dishevelled appearance, and barred the way as if afraid that the other was going to force it. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- But a quarter of an hour afterwards he was again in the dining-room, looking at the head with dishevelled tresses, and eyes turbid with despair. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- She only sat in her room like a moping, dishevelled hawk, motionless, mindless. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- For a few minutes, while you smooth your hair--which is somewhat dishevelled; and bathe your face--which looks feverish? Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It was a breezy sunny day; the air freshened the girls' cheeks and gracefully dishevelled their ringlets. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Her hair was dishevelled, and her eyes so swollen with tears, that one could but guess at what might, perhaps, be their natural lustre. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
Editor: Solomon