dishevel

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

dishevel
    v 1: disarrange or rumple; dishevel; "The strong wind tousled my
         hair" [syn: {tousle}, {dishevel}, {tangle}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dishevel \Di*shev"el\ (d[i^]*sh[e^]v"'l or -[e^]l), v. t. [imp.
   & p. p. {Disheveled}or {Dishevelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Disheveling} or {Dishevelling}.] [OF. descheveler, F.
   d['e]cheveler, LL. discapillare; dis- + L. capillus the hair
   of the head. See {Capillary}.]
   1. To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to
      spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in
      the passive participle.
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            With garments rent and hair disheveled,
            Wringing her hands and making piteous moan.
                                                  --Spenser.
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   2. To spread loosely or disorderly.
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            Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind.
                                                  --Cowper.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Dishevel \Di*shev"el\, v. i.
   To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair.
   [R.] --Sir T. Herbert.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

26 Moby Thesaurus words for "dishevel":
      clutter, confuse, derange, disarrange, disarray, discompose,
      dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disturb, jumble,
      knock galley-west, litter, mess, mess up, misarrange, muddle, muss,
      muss up, perturb, ruffle, rumple, scatter, tousle, unsettle,
      upset