Disorder
[dɪs'ɔːdə] or [dɪs'ɔrdɚ]
Definition
(noun.) a disturbance of the peace or of public order.
(noun.) a physical condition in which there is a disturbance of normal functioning; 'the doctor prescribed some medicine for the disorder'; 'everyone gets stomach upsets from time to time'.
(verb.) bring disorder to.
Typist: Lottie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.
(n.) Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
(n.) Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult.
(n.) Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement.
(v. t.) To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse.
(v. t.) 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.
(v. t.) To depose from holy orders.
Checker: Natalia
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Confusion, derangement, disarrangement, disarray, disorganization, irregularity, jumble, want of order.[2]. Tumult, disturbance, commotion, turbulence, tumultuousness, riotousness.[3]. Distemper, complaint, malady, sickness, disease, ail, ailment, indisposition.
v. a. [1]. Derange, disarrange, disturb, discompose, confuse, unsettle, disorganize, throw into confusion, turn topsy-turvy, put out of place.[2]. Impair the functions of, produce disease in.
Checked by Beth
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See ORDER]
Checker: Sheena
Definition
n. want of order: confusion: disturbance: breach of the peace: disease.—v.t. to throw out of order: to disarrange: to disturb: to produce disease.—adj. Disor′dered confused deranged.—n. Disor′derliness.—adj. Disor′derly out of order: in confusion: irregular: lawless: defying the restraints of decency.—adv. confusedly: in a lawless manner.—Disorderly house a brothel.
Checker: Sigmund
Examples
- If I have not (Macbeth-like) broken up the feast with most admired disorder, Daisy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Some fell dead, many wounded, and the yells of the discomfited assailants vibrated under the vaulted roof of the tunnel, as they retired in disorder. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A certain mental disorder became perceptible in Robespierre as the summer of 1794 drew on. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- My things were indeed in shameful disorder, murmured Helen to me, in a low voice: I intended to have arranged them, but I forgot. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- While Alexander was overrunning Western Asia, China, under the last priest-emperors of the Chow Dynasty, was sinking into a state of great disorder. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Here another battle ensued, our men dismounting and fighting on foot, in which the Confederates were again routed and driven in great disorder. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The lady's habits were marked by an Oriental indolence and disorder peculiarly trying to her companion. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- But you must excuse the disorder. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Assuming for a moment, that he _was_ overworked; it would show itself in some renewal of this disorder? Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then a part of Mott's division and Ward's brigade of Birney's division gave way and retired in disorder. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Beneath the crimes and disorders of the palaces, the life of the city and country ran a similar course. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- There is a restlessness in all disorders of the mind, which the sufferer imagines can be best relieved by exercise. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- For all bilious diseases or disorders arising from torpidity of the liver, dyspepsia, bilious headache, costiveness, sour stomach, jaundice, heartburn, nervousness, restlessness, etc. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Disorders of the heart are incurable. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is the dull weather which disorders our nerves, said I, brushing away a tear. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Hitherto their overflow of population had gone adventuring southward into the disorders of divided China as water goes into a sponge. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- From familiar examples like these we may learn what Plato meant by the eyesight which is liable to two kinds of disorders. Plato. The Republic.
- Much of the country was still suffering from the ravages of the Ephthalites and the consequent disorders. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Such quick cures almost invariably contain one or more narcotic drugs, and not only do not relieve the cold permanently, but occasion subsequent disorders. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- For among ourselves, too, there have been two sorts of Politicians or Statesmen, whose eyesight has become disordered in two different ways. Plato. The Republic.
- The post-boys, who had succeeded in cutting the traces, were standing, disfigured with mud and disordered by hard riding, by the horses' heads. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The basket packed in silence, they brought her bonnet to her, and smoothed her disordered hair, and put it on. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- All this has disordered her liver, reiterated Doctor Bree, who has written a book on people's livers. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Rather the su rface of the globe was a shell resting on a fluid of very great specific gravity, and was thus capable of b eing broken and disordered by violent movement. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Thus the surface of the globe would be a shell, capable of being broken or disordered by the violent movements of the fluid on which it rested. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- What was scarcely less astonishing to me, was, that his affairs were in a most disordered state. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- His disordered dress showed that he had been hastily aroused from sleep. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The scout-master arrived after a brief delay, during which John traversed the apartment with, unequal and disordered steps. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- So this raid of an intolerable egotist across the disordered beginnings of a new time should have closed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Inputed by Donald