DISORDER

disorder

(noun) a disturbance of the peace or of public order

disorder, upset

(noun) 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”

disorderliness, disorder

(noun) a condition in which things are not in their expected places; “the files are in complete disorder”

disorder, disarray

(verb) bring disorder to

perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorder

(verb) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)

Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.

A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

(medicine, countable) A physical or mental malfunction.

Synonyms

• (absence of order): chaos, entropy; see also disorder

• (disturbance of civic peace): See also riot

Verb

disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)

(transitive) To throw into a state of disorder.

(transitive) To knock out of order or sequence.

Anagrams

• disordre, sordider

Source: Wiktionary

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Dis*or"der, n. Etym: [Pref. dis- + order: cf. F. désordre.]

1. Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

2. Neglect of order or system; irregularity. From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part, And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Pope.

3. Breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult. Shak.

4. Disturbance of the functions of the animal economy 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.

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. Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence. Burke. The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary rafters into a common ruin. Jer. Taylor.

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. A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party spirit. Macaulay.

3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] Dryden.

Syn.

– To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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