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disheveled 
 
adjective | dih-SHEV-uld

 
What It Means
 
Disheveled means "marked by disorder or disarray."
 
// His hair disheveled and his clothes wrinkled, the late student had clearly overslept.
 
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DISHEVELED in Context
 
"I'm a realist. … I know what I see. And what I see is a team that's somewhat disheveled. And that's on me. Somehow, … I do not have the ability at this point in time to affect my players to make sure that we're in a better place mentally and physically, to play the kind of basketball we need to play." — Geno Auriemma, quoted in ESPN, 9 Dec. 2021


 
 
 
 



 
Did You Know?
 
Disheveled comes from Middle English discheveled, meaning "bareheaded" or "with disordered hair." That word is partially based on Anglo-French deschevel;, a combination of the prefix des- ("dis-") and chevoil ("hair"). In English, disheveled describes things other than hair that have a messy or untidy appearance.

 
Quiz
 
Fill in the blanks to complete an adjective meaning "uncombed" or "messy": u _ k _ _ p _.
 
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