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Meanings of disheveled in English

In disarray; extremely disorderly.

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Examples for "rumpled"
Examples for "rumpled"
1
Well, sir, it was a bit rumpled, certainly, when I came back.
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
2
Still in her skirt and blouse from work, rumpled, hot, running late.
God's gift
3
Maybe left them heaped up on purpose, to improve their rumpled appearance.
Funland
4
His clothes were not badly rumpled; his patent-leather boots were scarcely scratched.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm / His Plight and other Plights
5
Shirts and slacks, all were rumpled and worn after years of storage.
The Complete Alien Omnibus
1
They turned and gazed at the pale, dishevelled girl in the doorway.
The Place Beyond the Winds
2
Recently photographed looking bloated and dishevelled, Perry's troubles are apparently not over.
News.com.au
3
He is hatless and unwashed and dishevelled, standing in the Blackfriars Road.
Despair's Last Journey
4
All were more or less dishevelled and filthy; but they were human.
The Oakdale Affair
5
The effect is brilliant but dishevelled-looking vines, the Einstein of vineyards, maybe.
The Guardian
1
Suddenly the tousled head of the operator popped out of his window.
Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive; Or, Two Miles a Minute on...
2
He took off his hat and scratched his tousled head in reflection.
Dennison Grant: A Novel of To-day
3
Her hair was in tousled strings and her face was sallow, creased.
Main Street
4
Anyone expecting to see Sewell all tousled and sexy will be disappointed.
The Guardian
5
He indicated the boudoir by a movement of his somewhat tousled head.
Mr. Prohack
1
He saw a vehement young man, powder-smeared and frowzled, whom he knew to be him.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
2
They entered a small stifling room where were a stove, two kitchen chairs and three frowzled beds in corners.
His Family
Usage of disheveled in English
1
Sam and Emily both look disheveled and have clearly been making out.
I am number four
2
He was not entirely unattractive in a disheveled, wild sort of way.
A nameless witch
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.
Within the Law: From the Play of Bayard Veiller
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.
Captivating Mary Carstairs
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.
The weight of silence
12
Her light soft hair was disheveled, her pretty features pale and set.
His Family
13
You have traveled for three or four days, and look rather disheveled.
Paul Patoff
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.
The Big-Town Round-Up
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United States of America
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United Kingdom
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