Meaning of dishevelledness | Babel Free

Definitions

The quality of being dishevelled.

uncountable

Examples

“Patel has a ready wit, the sort⟳ of um-er cleverness that purports to be mental dishevelledness but actually implies a suave urbanity.”

“One by one, the people in this small French town are mutating into rhinoceroses and congregating in herds in the street, smashing and destroying everything they find⟳. Only Berenger, hapless lover of a drink⟳ who wanders town in a state of morning-after dishevelledness, appears immune to the disease overtaking everyone around him.”

“He [Stewart Alcock]’s ­responsible for maintaining the ­“un-stately home”, complete⟳ with cobwebs and crumbling architraves. “We chose to adopt⟳ a conservation approach⟳; our mantra is repair⟳ not restore⟳. We try⟳ not to be tempted to turn⟳ back the clock,” he says. “We want⟳ to try⟳ to ensure when visitors arrive⟳ it has a sense⟳ of struggling and falling apart and dishevelledness.””

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