What does dishevel mean?
Dishevel means (transitive) To throw into disorder; upheave..
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/dɪ(s)ˈʃɛvl̩/ · verb
(transitive) To throw into disorder; upheave..
The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.
With garments rent, and haire discheueled, / Wringing her hands, and making piteous mone;
Like the fair flower dishevell'd in the wind.
[...] the natural finish seems much less likely to show up the stains of travel which might soon dishevel the golden ochre or dark blue—especially the latter—[...].
Use dishevel when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Dishevel means (transitive) To throw into disorder; upheave..
Common synonyms include rumple, muss, tousle, tangle.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The wind disheveled the papers on the desk.
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