Mary was sleeping; she was still wearing her torn white dress, and her long black hair, resting in a dishevelled manner upon her shoulders, contrasted strongly with the paleness of her face.
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Dishevelled
//dɪˈʃɛvəld//
Synonyms for "dishevelled" (17 found)
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Synonyms
5 entriesderived
3 entriesetymologically related_to
1 entriesform of
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
95 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀκτένιστος adj (untidy in appearance)
Arabic
1 entries- أَشْعَث adj (uncombed)
Bulgarian
2 entries- размъкнат adj (untidy in appearance)
- разчорлен adj (uncombed)
Czech
4 entries- nedbalý adj (untidy in appearance)
- neupravený adj (untidy in appearance)
- neučesaný adj (uncombed)
- rozcuchaný adj (uncombed)
Finnish
4 entries- epäsiisti adj (uncombed)
- epäsiisti adj (untidy in appearance)
- sotkuinen adj (uncombed)
- sotkuinen adj (untidy in appearance)
French
1 entries- ébouriffé adj (uncombed)
Galician
1 entries- espeluxado adj (uncombed)
Georgian
4 entries- აბურდული adj (untidy in appearance)
- აბურძგნული adj (untidy in appearance)
- აჩეჩილი adj (untidy in appearance)
- აწეწილ-დაწეწილი adj (untidy in appearance)
German
4 entries- struppig adj (uncombed)
- ungekämmt adj (uncombed)
- ungepflegt adj (untidy in appearance)
- unordentlich adj (untidy in appearance)
Greek
1 entries- αχτένιστος adj (untidy in appearance)
Hungarian
4 entries- kócos adj (uncombed)
- kócos adj (untidy in appearance)
- rendetlen adj (untidy in appearance)
- zilált adj (untidy in appearance)
Irish
4 entries- aimhréidh adj (untidy in appearance)
- ciafartach adj (untidy in appearance)
- foltscaoilte adj (untidy in appearance)
- gliobach adj (untidy in appearance)
Italian
1 entries- spettinato adj (uncombed)
Māori
4 entries- hīwanawana adj (uncombed)
- hūtoi adj (uncombed)
- hūtoi adj (untidy in appearance)
- hūtoitoi adj (uncombed)
Old English
2 entries- tōsprǣdd adj (uncombed)
- uncembed adj (uncombed)
Polish
2 entries- rozchełstany adj (untidy in appearance)
- rozczochrany adj (untidy in appearance)
Portuguese
4 entries- descabelado adj (untidy in appearance)
- desgrenhado adj (uncombed)
- desgrenhado adj (untidy in appearance)
- despenteado adj (uncombed)
Russian
4 entries- взъеро́шенный adj (untidy in appearance)
- всклоко́ченный adj (untidy in appearance)
- непричёсанный adj (uncombed)
- нечёсаный adj (untidy in appearance)
Sicilian
4 entries- a l'ariò adj (uncombed)
- a l'ària adj (uncombed)
- a l'àriu adj (uncombed)
- scapiḍḍatu adj (untidy in appearance)
Spanish
4 entries- chascón adj (uncombed)
- desaliñado adj (untidy in appearance)
- desaseado adj (untidy in appearance)
- descuidado adj (untidy in appearance)
Swedish
2 entries- oborstad adj (untidy in appearance)
- okammad adj (uncombed)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
The young man had neglected his appearance, and his clothing was dishevelled.
Source: tatoeba (5358317)
Layla is dishevelled today.
Source: tatoeba (7147479)
Sami seemed very dishevelled and confused.
Source: tatoeba (7271344)
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