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Disorder   /dɪsˈɔrdər/   Listen
noun
Disorder  n.  
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."
3.
Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult.
4.
Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body."
Synonyms: Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle; disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness; ailment; malady; distemper. See Disease.


verb
Disorder  v. t.  (past & past part. disordered; pres. part. disordering)  
1.
To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse. "Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence." "The burden... disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin."
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."
3.
To depose from holy orders. (Obs.)
Synonyms: To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.





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"Disorder" Quotes from Famous Books



... their fire, which soon told so severely upon the British ships that they were forced to withdraw. In the mean time, the assault of the Indians and troops had been checked, and the forces driven back in disorder, thus leaving ...
— The Naval History of the United States - Volume 2 (of 2) • Willis J. Abbot
... something to eat," he observed to General Jackson. He proceeded, followed by the dog, to the kitchen. It revealed an appalling disorder: the stove was spotted with grease, grey with settled ashes; a pile of ashes and broken china rose beyond; on the other side coal and wood had been carelessly stored. A table was laden with unwashed dishes, ...
— Mountain Blood - A Novel • Joseph Hergesheimer
... one especially distinguished herself by her Strong frame of body, and her long black hair, which, now that her cap was torn off, hung in disorder over her red face. The dark eyebrows were grown together. All seemed to rage most violently within her, and in truth she assumed something wild, nay almost brutal. Both arms she raised high in the air, and with outstretched fingers ...
— O. T. - A Danish Romance • Hans Christian Andersen
... declared Phil, who had entered at that moment. "Did he do all this?" he asked, looking about at the scene of disorder. ...
— The Circus Boys Across The Continent • Edgar B. P. Darlington
... Ill war and disorder, ruin and death, cannot last forever. They are by their own nature exceptional and suicidal, and spend themselves with what they feed on. And then the true laws of God's universe, peace and order, usefulness and life, will reassert themselves, as they have been waiting all along to ...
— Hereward, The Last of the English • Charles Kingsley


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