dishevel
verb
di·shev·el
di-ˈshev-əl 
disheveled or dishevelled; disheveling or dishevelling
di-ˈshe-v(ə-)liŋ
: to throw into disorder or disarray
Examples of dishevel in a Sentence
decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind
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Steven Thrash, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
Police shared a mug shot of Catledge alongside the post, in which he could be seen in a gray shirt and appeared to be disheveled.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
She is brought to the ground as her clothing becomes disheveled during the struggle.
—Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Oct. 2025
Hair disheveled, a dazed and bewildered look in his eyes, the coach trudged into his own dressing room to regroup and get a rundown of a growing list of injuries.
—Mike Jones, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dishevel
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“Dishevel.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dishevel. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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dishevel
verb
di·shev·el
dish-ˈev-əl
disheveled or dishevelled; disheveling or dishevelling
-ˈev-(ə-)liŋ
: to throw into disorder : make untidy
the wind disheveled her clothes
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