Both Uses of
disheveled
in
A Streetcar Named Desire
- Her blue-sequined gown is unypped, or partially pipped, her hair is dishevelled, her eyes have a daiyd, drugged brightness; she is holding up the eyeglasses with the broken lens, shakily, hanging on to her mink stole with the other hand; her movements are unsteady.†
Scene 2.2dishevelled = disordered (messy or not tidy)unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use disheveled.
- Behind him appear Tom Junior, bud, and Scotty, sweaty, dishevelled from the riot in the Palm Garden.†
Scene 3.1 *
Definition:
messy (untidy or disordered) -- especially of a person's clothes and hair