disorder
Americannoun
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lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion.
Your room is in utter disorder.
- Synonyms:
- clutter, litter, jumble, disarray, disorderliness
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an irregularity.
a disorder in legal proceedings.
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breach of order; disorderly conduct; public disturbance.
- Synonyms:
- turbulence, riot
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a disturbance in physical or mental health or functions; malady or dysfunction.
a mild stomach disorder.
verb (used with object)
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to destroy the order or regular arrangement of; disarrange.
- Synonyms:
- disorganize, disarray
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to derange the physical or mental health or functions of.
noun
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a lack of order; disarray; confusion
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a disturbance of public order or peace
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an upset of health; ailment
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a deviation from the normal system or order
verb
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to upset the order of; disarrange; muddle
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to disturb the health or mind of
Related Words
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.
Other Word Forms
- predisorder noun
Etymology
Origin of disorder
Example Sentences
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The ad—couched in the form of a letter “to those I hurt”—said he was “deeply mortified” by his actions, which he blamed on his bipolar disorder.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
He said bipolar disorder means when "you're manic, you don't think you're sick" and that he "lost touch with reality".
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Instead, investors flocked to actual gold in the past year amid global disorder, with the outlook for the yellow metal bullish even with prices recently slipping back.
From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026
By the time patients seek therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, many have spent years suppressing their worst memories and avoiding the places and situations they associate with the most difficult moments of their lives.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
When driven with his mates to the new owners’ camp, Buck saw a slipshod and slovenly affair, tent half stretched, dishes unwashed, everything in disorder; also, he saw a woman.
From "The Call of the Wild" by Jack London
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