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or dishevelled
as in messy
lacking in order, neatness, and often cleanliness
I got my suit pressed so I wouldn't look so disheveled for the wedding
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or dishevelled
as in disrupted
to undo the proper order or arrangement of
decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind
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Recent Examples of disheveled
Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Running offstage, costumes disheveled, strategizing, cursing.
—Lauren Rothery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
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
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Adjective
This was translated into disheveled effects and plenty of pajama sets rendered in different ways, from traditional silk twill and crisp poplin to those cut from taffeta or rich in geometric embroidery.
—Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 3 Oct. 2025
Running offstage, costumes disheveled, strategizing, cursing.
—Lauren Rothery, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for disheveled
Adjective
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The podcast episode premiered amid Angelia Solomon's ongoing court battle more than a decade after her and Aaron Solomon's bitter and messy divorce in 2013.—
Katie Nixon,
Nashville Tennessean,
24 Oct. 2025
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Moisten the disposable sheets with water and a gentle cleaning agent like Dawn dish soap, then use the DIY wet wipes to clean countertops or messy faces.—
Melissa Locker,
Southern Living,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The reality is that all premium creative models in the moving-image space are being disrupted by low-cost ones, powered by AI, free platforms, and new forms of piracy.—
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
28 Oct. 2025
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Hurricane Melissa is expected to weaken over Jamaica as its inner core is disrupted by the mountainous terrain.—
Jennifer Borresen,
USA Today,
28 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Those willing to put in the time (and those who aren't easily wigged out) may find to their confused delight that Tippett is the maddest creative god of them all.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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The Oscar-winning filmmaker makes the viewer as torn and confused and at wit’s end as the people trying to avoid doomsday.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
23 Oct. 2025
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Staffieri was appropriately shocked and disturbed by both the antisemitic display and the breach of internal protocol.—
Marsha Sutton,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
19 Oct. 2025
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The plot was inspired by a Japanese news report that had deeply disturbed Woo, about a lunatic guilty of poisoning baby formula.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Skin-tight is out, baggy is in, and these buttery-soft pieces prove that comfort doesn’t have to equal sloppy.—
Katie Ann Lehman,
StyleCaster,
24 Oct. 2025
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These records aren’t sloppy mistakes—they’re the default behavior of most agentic AI systems.—
Keivan Navaie,
IEEE Spectrum,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Add to this Senne Lammens, who has brought calm to a previously chaotic goalkeeping situation, and INEOS’ bold approach to the summer window is starting to pay off.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 Oct. 2025
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New York City officials condemn federal immigration raid A chaotic immigration raid in New York City on Tuesday reflected the US government’s widening deportation campaign, drawing outrage from local officials and residents.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
24 Oct. 2025
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In that original viral campaign launch video, a bearded Platner, his strawberry blonde hair tousled, introduced Maine voters to the issues central to his platform, namely, broad economic populism, taxing billionaires, and universal healthcare.—
Sam Stone,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
16 Oct. 2025
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Her blonde locks were tousled, parted down the center and gently flowed down her shoulders and back.—
Skyler Caruso,
PEOPLE,
1 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Fanning, for whom this film is certainly a showcase, plays Polly, who’s revealed to be a physical and emotional mess in the opening scenes, in which she’s shown anxiously puttering around her large, unkempt house, chain-smoking and trying on dresses for an upcoming important interview.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
10 Oct. 2025
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As the friend mentioned the dirty, unkempt sidewalks, trash in the street and the overgrown trees, Bidegain decided something needed to be done.—
Regina Elling,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Disheveled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/disheveled. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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