DISHEVEL

tousle, dishevel, tangle

(verb) disarrange or rumple; dishevel; “The strong wind tousled my hair”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Verb

dishevel (third-person singular simple present dishevels, present participle dishevelling or disheveling, simple past and past participle dishevelled or disheveled)

(transitive) To throw into disorder; upheave.

(transitive) To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).

(intransitive) To spread out in disorder.

Anagrams

• he-devils, she-devil

Source: Wiktionary

Di*shev"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disheveled or Dishevelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Disheveling or Dishevelling.] Etym: [OF. descheveler, F. décheveler, 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. With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.

2. To spread loosely or disorderly. Like the fair flower disheveled in the wind. Cowper.

Di*shev"el, v. i.

Definition: To be spread in disorder or hang negligently, as the hair. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition