disarrange
Americanverb (used with object)
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disarranges,
present (3rd person singular)
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disarranged,
past participle, past
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disarranging
present participle
verb
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Inflected Forms
Participles
Conjugated Forms
Present
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disarrangesimple
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disarrangessimple
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have disarrangedperfect
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has disarrangedperfect
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am disarrangingprogressive
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are disarrangingprogressive
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is disarrangingprogressive
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have been disarrangingperfect progressive
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has been disarrangingperfect progressive
Past
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disarrangedsimple
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had disarrangedperfect
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was disarrangingprogressive
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were disarrangingprogressive
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had been disarrangingperfect progressive
Future
Etymology
Origin of disarrange
Example Sentences
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Then guards would deliberately disarrange the pile and announce that everyone must be dressed in five minutes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Eyes still watering and head still throbbing, he drew his wand, careful not to disarrange the Cloak, and waited, breath held.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
“So your pelo loco, like clippings of grass, will not disarrange this house,” she says.
From "Beast Rider" by Tony Johnston & María Elena Fontanot de Rhoads
He coughed slightly, and stirred the fire with caution, as though it shaped some panorama he feared to disarrange.
From Love's Usuries by Louis Creswicke
This is an interesting provision, for were the latter to come out first they would be likely to disarrange the unhatched eggs.
From Butterflies Worth Knowing by Clarence M. Weed
That unleashed force is plied most artfully here to create a portrait of how grief unhinges, disarranges and heightens everyday life.
From New York Times ● Apr. 17, 2019
A similar expression now and again disarranges the handsome, sardonic features of the title character of “Butley” in Lindsay Posner’s engaging revival at the Duchess Theater.
From New York Times ● Jul. 20, 2011
When a stiff wind disarranges his lacquered locks, he looks panic-stricken, like a man who’s just seen his own ghost.
From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García
Antony begins to laugh; and, while stretching out his arms, disarranges the leaves of the book with the tips of his fingers.
From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Gustave Flaubert
It is a sort of derivative which disarranges and disconcerts the whole science of etymologists.
From Les Misérables by Isabel Florence Hapgood
Was her hair unkempt, or her clothing disarranged?
From Salon ● Jan. 21, 2023
Those of us with brains long since disarranged from a lifelong soak in college football must adapt now.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 6, 2022
For his solo work “Compression,” the choreographer Niall Jones has arranged, or disarranged, a small theater at Performance Space New York into this in-between state.
From New York Times ● Oct. 26, 2022
Gaiman, craggily charismatic in black denim, thick hair artfully disarranged, English accent undimmed by years in the US, has a touch of the Crowley himself.
From The Guardian ● May 24, 2019
Then new arrivals disarranged the line and Jordan and I were pushed suddenly inside.
From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The monkey, disarranging her palm-oiled coiffure, is soon to go to the States.
From Time Magazine Archive
She hops onto the bed beside me, disarranging my small pile of threadbare stuffed animals—a koala, a snake, a black cat—all beloved of my seven-year-old self.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
He began a close inspection of the apartment, leaving no trace of his search behind him, disarranging nothing that he did not replace.
From The Brand of Silence A Detective Story by Harrington Strong
Schmul became plainly confused, and raised his hand to his head, disarranging his skull cap which covered his long dishevelled hair.
From An Obscure Apostle A Dramatic Story by C. S. de Soissons
The scenes were somewhat spoiled by Abdul Baha not remaining in focus and disarranging the scenario.
From Bahaism and Its Claims A Study of the Religion Promulgated by Baha Utlah and Abdul Baha by Samuel Graham Wilson
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