dishevels
Makes hair messy
Dishevels means to make untidy or disordered, especially hair or clothing.
The word suggests a tousled, rumpled appearance—not complete disarray, but the loss of neatness: The wind dishevels her hair.
Someone freshly disheveled might have just woken up, been in a struggle, or come through a storm.
Disordered, especially hair
- unkemptUntidy in appearance
- tangledTwisted confusedly together
- messyLacking order or neatness
- windblownDisplaced by gusts
bedhead · uncombed · matted · wild · snarled · frizzy · straggly · shaggy
Untidy in appearance
- bedraggledWet, dirty, untidy
- slovenlyUntidy and careless
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
- disorderedLacking systematic arrangement
untidy · disarranged · mussed · frowzy · ragged · shabby · neglected · careless
tousled
Disordered, especially hair
windblown · bedhead · uncombed · matted · wild · snarled · frizzy · straggly · shaggy · frowzy
unkempt
Untidy in appearance
- bedraggledWet, dirty, untidy
- slovenlyUntidy and careless
- scruffyMessily neglected in appearance
disordered · untidy · disarranged · mussed · frowzy · ragged · shabby · neglected · careless · sloppy
rumpled
Crinkled from neglect
untucked · askew · crinkled · mussed · ruffled · scrunched · puckered · disarranged · slovenly · sloppy