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disheveled

/dɪˈʃɛvəɫd/ verb

simple past and past participle of dishevel

Word Origin Disheveled comes from Old French 'deschevelé', literally 'dis-haired,' from Latin 'dis-' (apart) + 'capillus' (hair of the head). The idea: your hair is undone, apart, messy. The root 'capill-' gives us capillary (hair-like vessels) and capillarity. The '-ed' makes it an adjective. So disheveled is literally 'with hair apart' — a great image of bedhead.

verb simple past and past participle of dishevel

The strong wind disheveled her carefully styled hair.

(动词) 弄乱；搞乱；弄散

强风吹乱了她精心打理的发型。

(verbo) desgreñó; desgreñado; desaliñó; desaliñado; descompuso [Pretérito simple y participio pasado de 'dishevel' (desgreñar, desaliñar).]

El fuerte viento le desgreñó el cabello que llevaba cuidadosamente peinado.

(verbe) ébouriffa; ébouriffé; dépeigna; dépeigné [Passé simple et participe passé du verbe « to dishevel » (dépeigner, mettre en désordre).]

Le vent fort a disheveled sa coiffure soigneusement élaborée.

(Verb) zerzaust; durcheinandergebracht [einfache Vergangenheit und Partizip Perfekt des Verbs *dishevel* (zerzausen).]

Der starke Wind **disheveled** ihre sorgfältig frisierte Frisur.

(動詞) 「乱雑にする」の過去形および過去分詞形

強風で、彼女が丁寧に整えた髪が乱れた。

(verbo) desarrumar; desarrumou; desgrenou [passado simples e particípio passado de desarrumar]

O vento forte desarrumou seu cabelo cuidadosamente penteado.

Synonyms: messed up ruffled tousled disordered disarranged rumpled Antonyms: tidied neatened smoothed arranged
Word parts: dis + shevel + ed

Related words

dishevelment

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