disorder
lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder.
an irregularity: a disorder in legal proceedings.
breach of order; disorderly conduct; public disturbance.
a disturbance in physical or mental health or functions; malady or dysfunction: a mild stomach disorder.
to destroy the order or regular arrangement of; disarrange.
to derange the physical or mental health or functions of.
Origin of disorder
1synonym study For disorder
Other words for disorder
1 | disorderliness, disarray, jumble, litter, clutter |
3 | riot, turbulence |
4 | ailment, malady, illness, complaint, sickness, indisposition |
5 | disarray, mess up, disorganize |
6 | disturb, upset, confuse |
Other words from disorder
- pre·dis·or·der, noun
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How to use disorder in a sentence
Eating disorders, researchers believed, were essentially more severe forms of disordered eating.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models | Carrie Arnold | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTPrevent disordered eating, then, and you can prevent eating disorders.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models | Carrie Arnold | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTMuch of the media coverage around eating disorders surrounds celebrities and models.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models | Carrie Arnold | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTThey are becoming more aware of what eating disorders are and what they look like.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models | Carrie Arnold | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTEating disorders, on the other hand, are driven largely by biological processes that occur on the inside.
How Skinny Is Too Skinny? Israel Bans ‘Underweight’ Models | Carrie Arnold | January 8, 2015 | THE DAILY BEAST
It is low in chronic interstitial nephritis, diabetes insipidus, and many functional nervous disorders.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddLarger amounts are not uncommon in fevers, gastrointestinal disturbances, and certain nervous disorders.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddThe more characteristic findings in certain disorders are suggested here.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis | James Campbell ToddHe began this work in Moscow during the spring, and it was the cause of his nervous disorders and numerous sleepless nights.
The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky | Modeste TchaikovskyNo family history of epilepsy, insanity, nervous or other hereditary disorders in 59 per cent.
A Statistical Inquiry Into the Nature and Treatment of Epilepsy | Alexander Hughes Bennett
British Dictionary definitions for disorder
/ (dɪsˈɔːdə) /
a lack of order; disarray; confusion
a disturbance of public order or peace
an upset of health; ailment
a deviation from the normal system or order
to upset the order of; disarrange; muddle
to disturb the health or mind of
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