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Meanings of disheveled in English

In disarray; extremely disorderly.

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        Usage of disheveled in English
        1
        Sam and Emily both look disheveled and have clearly been making out.
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        2
        He was not entirely unattractive in a disheveled, wild sort of way.
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        3
        He looked even more disheveled than he had earlier in the day.
        Darkness on the edge of town
        4
        Because I am completely disheveled, I don't walk through the dining room.
        Love, life and linguine
        5
        He was pale, a little disheveled from his hours in a cell.
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        6
        Madeline descried a gray, disheveled mass of humanity packed inside the car.
        The Light of the Western Stars
        7
        Coatless, disheveled figures, my friend and I stepped out into the moonlight.
        The Insidious Dr. Fu Manchu
        8
        He emerged from the ruck a few moments later, disheveled but triumphant.
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        9
        Seconds later men began to emerge, their hair unkempt, their clothes disheveled.
        Earth Afire
        10
        She brushed her disheveled hair from her face and looked about her.
        The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, V...
        11
        I see two reservists escorting a dazed, disheveled-looking man into the building.
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        12
        Her light soft hair was disheveled, her pretty features pale and set.
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        13
        You have traveled for three or four days, and look rather disheveled.
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        14
        They passed a disheveled man who was considerably drier than they were.
        Alexandra, gone
        15
        They held, tightly bound with belts and bandanas, two disheveled little hombres.
        Still Jim
        16
        His face was bruised and bleeding, his clothes disheveled, his hat torn.
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