Read full poem →Whom Ilia pleased, though in her looks grief revelled,
Her cheeks were scratched, her goodly hairs dishevelled.
She, wailing Mar's sin and her uncle's crime,
Dictionary Entry
To throw into disorder; upheave.
Origin
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Common Phrases
hair dishevelled. dishevelledlocks dishevelledappearance dishevelledhead dishevelledstate dishevelleddishevelled hair
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Poetry examples for “dishevelled”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →Thy woman's hair, my sister, all unshorn
Floats back dishevelled strength in agony,
Disproving thy man's name: and while before
Read full poem →To meet the cooler air and walk an angel there,
With the dark dishevelled hair,
Bonny lassie O!
Read full poem →Her long fair hair lay floating o'er his arms, 470
In all the wildness of dishevelled charms;
Scarce beat that bosom where his image dwelt
Read full poem →And the white breast of the dim sea
And all dishevelled wandering stars.