dishevelled
adjective
[ dɪˈʃɛv(ə)ld ]
• (of a person's hair, clothes, or appearance) untidy; disordered.
• "a man with long dishevelled hair"
Similar:
untidy,
unkempt,
scruffy,
messy,
in a mess,
disordered,
disarranged,
rumpled,
bedraggled,
uncombed,
ungroomed,
tousled,
tangled,
tangly,
knotted,
knotty,
matted,
shaggy,
straggly,
windswept,
windblown,
wild,
slovenly,
slatternly,
blowsy,
frowzy,
ratty,
mussed (up),
draggle-tailed,
Origin:
late Middle English: from obsolete dishevely, from Old French deschevele, past participle of descheveler (based on chevel ‘hair’, from Latin capillus ). The original sense was ‘having the hair uncovered’; later, referring to the hair itself, ‘hanging loose’, hence ‘disordered, untidy’. Compare with unkempt.
dishevel
verb
• make (a person's hair or clothes) untidy.
• "he ran one hand through his hair, further dishevelling it"
Origin:
probably a back-formation from dishevelled.
