[syn: disordered, unordered]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disorder \Dis*or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disordered; p. pr.
& vb. n. Disordering.]
1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to
throw into confusion; to confuse.
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Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence.
--Burke.
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The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary
rafters into a common ruin. --Jer. Taylor.
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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.
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A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party
spirit. --Macaulay.
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3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] --Dryden.
Syn: To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disordered \Dis*or"dered\, a.
1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house,
judgment.
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2. Disorderly. [Obs.] --Shak. -- Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. --
Dis*or"dered*ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disordered
adj 1: thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops
fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on
the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything
so upset" [syn: broken, confused, disordered,
upset]
2: lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions";
"a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected
fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts" [syn: confused,
disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled,
illogical, scattered, unconnected]
3: not arranged in order [syn: disordered, unordered] [ant:
ordered]