Dishevel is an English word with synonyms like tousle or tangle. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Dishevel meaning
- To throw into disorder; upheave.
- To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.).
- To spread out in disorder.
Using Dishevel
- The main meaning on this page is: To throw into disorder; upheave. | To disarrange or loosen (hair, clothing, etc.). | To spread out in disorder.
- Useful related words include: tousle, tangle, disarrange.
Context around Dishevel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Dishevel
- In this selection, "dishevel" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include rain would dishevel his hair and was to dishevel the lengths. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "dishevel" sits close to words such as aabb, aabria and aacha, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with dishevel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
The idea was to dishevel the lengths of Boland, the most penetrative bowler in the first innings. (17 words)
The Atlantic reported that Trump didn’t want to attend a ceremony at the Belleau Wood Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 because he was concerned that the rain would dishevel his hair. (35 words)
The Atlantic reported that Trump didn’t want to attend a ceremony at the Belleau Wood Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 because he was concerned that the rain would dishevel his hair. (35 words)
The idea was to dishevel the lengths of Boland, the most penetrative bowler in the first innings. (17 words)
Example sentences (2)
The idea was to dishevel the lengths of Boland, the most penetrative bowler in the first innings.
The Atlantic reported that Trump didn’t want to attend a ceremony at the Belleau Wood Aisne-Marne American Cemetery in France in 2018 because he was concerned that the rain would dishevel his hair.