Definition of Disheveling

1. Verb. (present participle of dishevel) ¹

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Definition of Disheveling

1. dishevel [v] - See also: dishevel

Lexicographical Neighbors of Disheveling

disherison
disherit
disheritance
disherited
disheriting
disheritor
disheritors
disherits
dishes
dishes out
dishes up
dishevel
dishevele
disheveled
disheveledly
disheveling
dishevelled
dishevelledly
dishevelling
dishevelment
dishevels
dishful
dishfuls
dishier
dishiest
dishily
dishiness
dishing
dishing out
dishing up

Literary usage of Disheveling

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Popular Science Monthly by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1886)
"Upon the word he began disheveling his carefully brushed hair, saying it was " a poser," and, by way of compliment, that it " was not slow " ; to which our ..."

2. The World's Best Orations: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time by David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler (1899)
"A sorrow came that swept through the land as huge storms sweep through the forest and field, rolling thunder along the sky, disheveling the flowers, ..."

3. Holy-days and Holidays: A Treasury of Historical Material, Sermons in Full by Edward Mark Deems (1906)
"A sorrow came that swept through the land as huge storms sweep through the forest and field, rolling thunder along the sky, disheveling the flowers, ..."

4. Complete Works of Abraham Lincoln by Abraham Lincoln, Daniel Fish (1905)
"A sorrow came that swept through the land as huge storms sweep through the forest and field, rolling thunder along the sky, disheveling the flowers, ..."

5. Patriotic Addresses in America and England: From 1850 to 1885, on Slavery by Henry Ward Beecher (1887)
"A sorrow came that swept through the land as huge storms sweep through the forest and field, rolling thunder along the sky, disheveling ..."

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