Dishevelling

Word DISHEVELLING
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Definitions and meanings of "Dishevelling"

What do we mean by dishevelling?

To throw into disorder; upheave.

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

To spread out in disorder.

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The word "dishevelling" in example sentences

The wind makes a chaos of their red-brown stems, dishevelling them as if to test their pliability, in spite of a protective hedge around each bed, of dogwood, maple, elm or ash. ❋ Roger Deakin (2009)

His right hand went to the dishevelled hair, dishevelling it further. ❋ George, Elizabeth (1996)

As they descended the stairs, Lord Pomfret emerged from the library, cramming cigarettes into his case with the dishevelling manipulation of the belated swain. ❋ Dornford Yates (1922)

That interior was singularly restful, pleasant, after the confused and dishevelling night. ❋ Joseph Hergesheimer (1917)

A loosened curl had fallen over her forehead, giving to the severity of her dress, copied from that portrait of her father, a dishevelling touch, as though a young lady were suddenly discovered to be a gipsy in an evil frame of mind. ❋ Unknown (1914)

But, if the bone be too hard, if the prize suspended be a Mole, an adult Mouse or a Sparrow, the wire ligament opposes an insurmountable obstacle to the attempts of the Necrophori, who, for nearly a week, work at the hanging body, partly stripping it of fur or feather and dishevelling it until it forms a lamentable object, and at last abandon it when desiccation sets in. ❋ Jean-Henri Fabre (1869)

It was an _embarras de richesses_ rarely met with; and in the rich and precious braids the ivory fingers were clutched, dishevelling them, tearing at them, in the excess of pain. ❋ M��r J��kai (1864)

So dearly do we love our own voice that we cannot bear to hear it mixed with that of others -- perhaps drowned; and then our bashfulness tongue-ties us in the hush expectant of our "golden opinions," when all eyes are turned to the speechless "old man eloquent," and you might hear a tangle dishevelling itself in Neæra's hair. ❋ John Wilson (1819)

a simply furnished bedroom, and though dust lay thick upon every article, there was a certain neatness about the character and arrangement of the furniture which defied the dishevelling results of neglect. ❋ Edgar Wallace (1903)

I don't think I should go on the mournful Byronic plan if I were you; I don't think it would suit your style; you're too heavily built to stand leaning against the chimney-piece, gazing at her and dishevelling your hair. " ❋ Unknown (1903)

And some of them wept, dishevelling their hair, and stretched forth their arms, and wept, fell prostrate on the ground and rolled to and fro, in anguish at the thought "Too soon will the Blessed One die! ❋ Edward Washburn Hopkins (1894)

And some of them wept, dishevelling their hair, and some stretched forth their arms and wept, and some fell prostrate on the ground, and some reeled to and fro in anguish at the thought: "Too soon has the Blessed One died! ❋ Rossiter Johnson (1885)

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