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dis⋅or⋅der
[dis-awr-der] 
dər
–noun
| 1. | lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder. |
| 2. | an irregularity: a disorder in legal proceedings. |
| 3. | breach of order; disorderly conduct; public disturbance. |
| 4. | a disturbance in physical or mental health or functions; malady or dysfunction: a mild stomach disorder. |
–verb (used with object)
| 5. | to destroy the order or regular arrangement of; disarrange. |
| 6. | to derange the physical or mental health or functions of. |
Synonyms:
1. disorderliness, disarray, jumble, litter, clutter. 3. riot, turbulence. Disorder, brawl, disturbance, uproar are disruptions or interruptions of a peaceful situation. Disorder refers to civil unrest or to any scene in which there is confusion or fighting: The police went to the scene of the disorder. A brawl is a noisy, unseemly quarrel, usually in a public place: a tavern brawl. A disturbance is disorder of a size as to inconvenience people: to cause a disturbance. An uproar is a tumult, a bustle and clamor of many voices, often because of a disturbance: a mighty uproar. 4. ailment, malady, illness, complaint, sickness, indisposition. 5. disarray, mess up, disorganize. 6. disturb, upset, confuse.
1. disorderliness, disarray, jumble, litter, clutter. 3. riot, turbulence. Disorder, brawl, disturbance, uproar are disruptions or interruptions of a peaceful situation. Disorder refers to civil unrest or to any scene in which there is confusion or fighting: The police went to the scene of the disorder. A brawl is a noisy, unseemly quarrel, usually in a public place: a tavern brawl. A disturbance is disorder of a size as to inconvenience people: to cause a disturbance. An uproar is a tumult, a bustle and clamor of many voices, often because of a disturbance: a mighty uproar. 4. ailment, malady, illness, complaint, sickness, indisposition. 5. disarray, mess up, disorganize. 6. disturb, upset, confuse.
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Disorder
Dis*or"der\, n. [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. d['e]sordre.]1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder. 2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. --Pope. 3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. --Shak. 4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body." --Locke. Syn: Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See Disease.Disorder
Dis*or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered; p. pr. & vb. n. Disordering.]1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse. Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence. --Burke. The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin. --Jer. Taylor. 2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to disorder the head or stomach. A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit. --Macaulay. 3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] --Dryden. Syn: To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.
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Language Translation for : disorder
Spanish:
desorden,
German:
die Unordnung,
Japanese:
無秩序
disorder
1477, from dis- "not" + the verb order. Replaced earlier disordeine (1340), from O.Fr. desordainer, from M.L. disordinare "throw into disorder," from L. dis- "take away" + ordinare "to order, regulate."
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Main Entry: 1dis·or·der
Pronunciation: (')dis-'ord-&r, (')diz-
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms:dis·or·dered; dis·or·der·ing /-'ord-(&-)ri[ng]/
: to disturb the regular or normal functions of
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disorder dis·or·der (dĭs-ôr'dər)
n.
A disturbance or derangement that affects the function of mind or body, such as an eating disorder or the abuse of a drug. v. dis·or·dered, dis·or·der·ing, dis·or·ders
To disturb the normal physical or mental health of; derange.
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