disorderly

Adjective
US[dih-sawr-der-lee]/dɪˈsɔrdɚli/4 syllables
Synonyms: higgledy-piggledyhugger-muggerjumbledtopsy-turvychaotic

Open English WordNet

Adjective (3)

  1. undisciplined and unruly“disorderly youths”“disorderly conduct”Opposite orderlySimilar mobbish, boisterous, raucous, rough-and-tumble
  2. in utter disorder“a disorderly pile of clothes”Synonyms: higgledy-piggledyhugger-muggerjumbledtopsy-turvyOpposite tidySimilar untidy
  3. completely unordered and unpredictable and confusingSynonyms: chaoticOpposite tameSimilar wild

Related words rowdiness noun, disorderliness noun, disorder noun

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Dis·or′der·ly adjective

1. Not in order; marked by disorder; disarranged; immethodical; as, the books and papers are in a disorderly state.

2. Not acting in an orderly way, as the functions of the body or mind.

3. Not complying with the restraints of order and law; tumultuous; unruly; lawless; turbulent; as, disorderly people; disorderly assemblies.

4. Law Offensive to good morals and public decency; notoriously offensive; as, a disorderly house.

Synonyms: Irregular; immethodical; confused; tumultuous; inordinate; intemperate; unruly; lawless; vicious.

Dis·or′der·ly adverb

In a disorderly manner; without law or order; irregularly; confusedly.

Withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly.— 2 Thess. iii. 6.
Savages fighting disorderly with stones.— Sir Walter Raleigh

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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