disordered

[dis-awr-derd]

dis·or·dered

[dis-awr-derd]
adjective
1.
lacking organization or in confusion; disarranged.
2.
suffering from or afflicted with a physical or mental disorder: a disordered liver.

Origin:
1540–50; disorder + -ed2

dis·or·dered·ly, adverb
dis·or·dered·ness, noun
pre·dis·or·dered, adjective
un·dis·or·dered, adjective


1. confused, disarrayed, haphazard.

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Disordered is always a great word to know.
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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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dis·or·der

[dis-awr-der]
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.

Origin:
1470–80; dis-1 + order

pre·dis·or·der, noun


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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disordered

adjective
1. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset" [syn: broken
2. lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" [syn: confused
3. not arranged in order [ant: ordered
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