[syn: disorder, disarray]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disarray \Dis`ar*ray"\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]sarroi.]
1. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
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Disrank the troops, set all in disarray. --Daniel.
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2. Confused attire; undress. --Spenser.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disarray \Dis`ar*ray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disarrayed; p. pr.
& vb. n. Disarraying.] [Pref. dis- + array, v.: cf. OF.
desarroyer, desarreier.]
1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
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Who with fiery steeds
Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. --Fenton.
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2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
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So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed.
--Spenser.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disarray
n 1: a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly
thought and behavior; "a confusion of impressions" [syn:
confusion, mental confusion, confusedness,
muddiness, disarray]
2: untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance) [syn:
disarray, disorderliness]
v 1: bring disorder to [syn: disorder, disarray] [ant:
order]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
69 Moby Thesaurus words for "disarray":
ataxia, chaos, clutter, derange, derangement, disarrange,
disarrangement, disarticulation, discomfiture, discompose,
discomposure, disconcertedness, disharmony, dishevel, dishevelment,
disintegration, disjunction, dislocate, dismantle, disorder,
disorderliness, disorganization, disorganize, disproportion,
disrobe, disruption, disturb, disturbance, do a strip-tease,
entropy, haphazardness, huddle, incoherence, indiscriminateness,
inharmonious harmony, irregularity, jumble, litter, mess, mess up,
misarrange, most admired disorder, muddle, muss, muss up,
nonsymmetry, nonuniformity, perturbation, promiscuity,
promiscuousness, randomness, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter,
snarl, strip, topsy-turviness, tousle, turbulence, unarray, uncase,
unclothe, undrape, undress, unsettle, unsymmetry, ununiformity,
upset