[syn: disorder, disarray]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Disorder \Dis*or"der\, n. [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F.
d['e]sordre.]
1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement;
confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into
disorder; the papers are in disorder.
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2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity.
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From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. --Pope.
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3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of
society; tumult. --Shak.
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4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy or of
the soul; sickness; derangement. "Disorder in the body."
--Locke.
Syn: Irregularity; disarrangement; confusion; tumult; bustle;
disturbance; disease; illness; indisposition; sickness;
ailment; malady; distemper. See Disease.
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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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
disorder
n 1: 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" [syn: disorder, upset]
2: a condition in which things are not in their expected places;
"the files are in complete disorder" [syn: disorderliness,
disorder] [ant: order, orderliness]
3: a disturbance of the peace or of public order [ant: order]
v 1: disturb in mind or make uneasy or cause to be worried or
alarmed; "She was rather perturbed by the news that her
father was seriously ill" [syn: perturb, unhinge,
disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder]
2: bring disorder to [syn: disorder, disarray] [ant:
order]