1.
[syn: disjointed, dislocated, separated]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
dislocated \dislocated\ adj.
separated at the joint; -- used especially of limbs; as, a
dislocated knee.
Syn: disjointed, separated.
[WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Dislocate \Dis"lo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dislocated; p.
pr. & vb. n. Dislocating.] [LL. dislocatus, p. p. of
dislocare; dis- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See
Locus.]
To displace; to put out of its proper place. Especially, of a
bone: To remove from its normal connections with a
neighboring bone; to put out of joint; to move from its
socket; to disjoint; as, to dislocate your bones. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
After some time the strata on all sides of the globe
were dislocated. --Woodward.
[1913 Webster]
And thus the archbishop's see, dislocated or out of
joint for a time, was by the hands of his holiness set
right again. --Fuller.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
dislocated
adj 1: separated at the joint; "a dislocated knee"; "a separated
shoulder" [syn: disjointed, dislocated, separated]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
58 Moby Thesaurus words for "dislocated":
alienated, amiss, askew, awry, cockeyed, convulsed, deranged,
detached, disarranged, disarticulated, discomfited, discomposed,
disconcerted, disconnected, disengaged, disjoined, disjoint,
disjointed, disjunct, disordered, disorderly, disorganized,
dispersed, displaced, disturbed, disunited, divided, divorced,
estranged, haywire, in disorder, isolated, misplaced, on the fritz,
out, out of gear, out of joint, out of kelter, out of kilter,
out of order, out of place, out of tune, out of whack, perturbed,
removed, roily, scattered, segregated, separated, sequestered,
shuffled, shut off, turbid, turbulent, unhinged, unjointed,
unsettled, upset