DISHEVELS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

dishevels

verb

present tense third-person singular of dishevel

as in disrupts

to undo the proper order or arrangement of decorations for the garden wedding that had been disheveled by the wind

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As Tehran continues to issue maximalist demands and the war disrupts shipping through the straits of Hormuz and Bab el Mandeb, Trump needs an out.

— Charles Kupchan, Foreign Affairs, 13 Nov. 2026
The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) lists severe weather that disrupts a trip as one of the events that may qualify for trip cancellation, interruption or delay coverage.

— Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026

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Using subtle lighting changes, the show shuffles three eras—the days after Oscar disappeared, one year later, and seven years later—to capture the muddle of trauma.

— Sheldon Pearce, New Yorker, 13 Nov. 2026
Senate Enrolled Act 1, signed into law in 2025, shuffles the deck on local government finance under the guise of property tax reform.

— Shelley Jones, Chicago Tribune, 12 Nov. 2026

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The legal system dehumanizes her, the support group confuses her, and one of her friends painfully disappoints her.

— Carey Purcell, Vogue, 2 Oct. 2026
This confuses each Nyota but also those around them, who note that the Nyotas have rather quickly assumed new hairstyles but also that neither is behaving quite like herself.

— Keith Phipps, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2026

Definition of confuses

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Some of the sightings claim a man wearing clothing typical of the 17th or 18th centuries, a man dressed in Confederate attire in the liquor room, a ghost of a former worker Joseph Hardesty and a female who actively disturbs visitors to her home.

— Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 25 Sep. 2026
Vibration disturbs the natural sediments in wine, flattening the flavor and aging it prematurely.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Sep. 2026

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