disheveled
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Definition of disheveled
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Synonyms & Antonyms for disheveled
Synonyms
chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disordered, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, messy, muddled, mussed, mussy, pell-mell, rumpled, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, untidy, upside-down
Antonyms
bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered
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There are tablesettings—and parties—that revel in the glamour of disheveled disorder. — Vanessa Lawrence, ELLE Decor, "Dior‘s New Tabletop Collection Is Fit for a Virgo," 9 Aug. 2019 The frantic animal, now covered in suds and slightly disheveled, barely budged. — al, "Raccoon freed from sewer grate after ‘quite the operation’," 2 Aug. 2019 The disheveled man struggled up one of the park's long concrete stairways as the armed phalanx closed in. — Chris Barton, latimes.com, "The second season of FX's otherworldly 'Legion' finds an unlikely home in Los Angeles this week," 8 May 2018 Symonds went on to become the youngest-ever director of communications at the party, at 29, and analysts say she's been crucial in tidying up Johnson's famously disheveled persona during the leadership campaign. — Rob Picheta, CNN, "Boris Johnson's girlfriend is moving into 10 Downing Street with him," 29 July 2019 In 2017, a towering statue of an anonymous man with disheveled gray hair and a furrowed brow was installed on England’s North York Moors. — Brigit Katz, Smithsonian, "A Statue in the U.K. Had to Be Moved Because It Was Too Popular," 26 July 2019 What we in the theater were left with was Shui Xian wandering around a disheveled stage, trying on a variety of articles of clothing and sometimes opting for nothing at all. — Rob Hubbard, Twin Cities, "Review: ‘Momentum’ offers mixed dance visions, one exciting, one taxing," 12 July 2019 Nearby on circular brickwork enclosing a flower garden in front of the depot, a disheveled man was lying on the ground. — John Horgan, The Mercury News, "Horgan: For solitary older adults, it takes a village," 10 July 2019 Vine tells a wildly amusing story of Johnson appearing at a dinner he was scheduled to speak at — late, disheveled, and completely unprepared — and then delivering a speech that bore no relation to the event but that the audience adored. — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, "Boris Johnson, the Brexit Illusionist," 28 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'disheveled.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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