All 5 Uses of
disheveled
in
Harry Potter (#5) and the Order of the Phoenix
- He skipped breakfast next morning to scribble down a couple of made-up dreams for Divination, their first lesson, and was surprised to find a dishevelled Ron keeping him company.†
Chpt 13dishevelled = disordered (messy or not tidy)unconventional spelling: This is a British spelling. Americans use disheveled.
- There were purple patches on his sunken, veined cheeks, his jowls were aquiver and his thin grey hair dishevelled; he had obviously run here.†
Chpt 14 *
- 'Me,' said Ron, who was still rather dishevelled.†
Chpt 17
- Fred, George and Ginny were ushered inside by Professor McGonagall, all three of them looking dishevelled and shocked, still in their night things.†
Chpt 22
- When the final bell rang and they were heading back to Gryffindor Tower with their bags, Harry saw, with immense satisfaction, a dishevelled and sootblackened Umbridge tottering sweaty-faced from Professor Flitwick's classroom.†
Chpt 28
Definition:
messy (untidy or disordered) -- especially of a person's clothes and hair