dishevel

dishevel is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle. Face value is 15 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 15 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle.
2. transitive verb. To spread loosely or disorderly.
3. intransitive verb. To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair.
4. verb. disarrange or rumple; dishevel

   "The strong wind tousled my hair"

   Synonyms: tangle, tousle

Synonyms

tangle, tousle

Common word forms

dishevels, disheveled, disheveling, dishevelled, dishevelling, dishevelment

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