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# dishevelled

adjective (more dishevelled, the most dishevelled)

«dishevelled» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Dishevelled means untidy and messy, especially hair or clothes that look as if they have not been brushed or put straight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#m1)

### In the lessons

in tales, a witch, a goddess or a wild person has hair flying loose; in everyday life, someone who has just got out of bed or run in the wind.

### Examples

- Her dishevelled hair blew in the wind. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#x1)
- After the race he looked dishevelled. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#x2)
- The dog came in with dishevelled fur. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#x3)
- The old man had a dishevelled beard. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/#x4)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «dishevelled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/dishevelled/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«dishevelled» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/dishevelled.html) on Mova free.