The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.
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Dishevel
//dɪ(s)ˈʃɛvl̩//
Synonyms for "dishevel" (32 found)
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Related words (16)
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16 translations across 10 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- разхвърлям verb (throw into disorder)
Catalan
1 entries- despentinar verb (throw into disorder)
Czech
1 entries- rozházet verb (throw into disorder)
Dutch
1 entries- het laten hangen verb (throw into disorder)
Finnish
1 entries- pörröttää verb (disarrange or loosen)
German
4 entries- herumschmeißen verb (throw into disorder)
- in Unordnung bringen verb (throw into disorder)
- verlottern verb (disarrange or loosen)
- verwirren verb (throw into disorder)
Ido
1 entries- desordinar verb (throw into disorder)
Kazakh
1 entries- бобырау verb (throw into disorder)
Russian
1 entries- растрепать verb (disarrange or loosen)
Spanish
1 entries- desordenar verb (throw into disorder)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
With garments rent, and haire discheueled, / Wringing her hands, and making piteous mone;
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Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind.
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[...] the natural finish seems much less likely to show up the stains of travel which might soon dishevel the golden ochre or dark blue—especially the latter—[...].
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