Definitions for Disorder
dɪsˈɔr dərdis·or·der

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.5 / 6 votes

1. disorder, upsetnoun

   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"

2. disorderliness, disordernoun

   a condition in which things are not in their expected places

   "the files are in complete disorder"

3. disorderverb

   a disturbance of the peace or of public order

4. perturb, unhinge, disquiet, trouble, cark, distract, disorderverb

   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"

5. disorder, disarrayverb

   bring disorder to

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. disordernoun

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

   After playing the children left the room in disorder.

2. disordernoun

   A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.

3. disordernoun

   A physical or psychical malfunction.

   Bulimia is an eating disorder.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disordernoun

   Etymology: dis and order; desordre, French.

   1. Want of regular disposition; irregularity; confusion; immethodical distribution.

   When I read an author of genius without method, I fancy myself in a wood that abounds with many noble objects, rising among one another in the greatest confusion and disorder. Spectator, №. 476.

   2. Tumult; disturbance; bustle.

   A greater favour this disorder brought
   Unto her servants, than your awful thought
   Durst entertain, when thus compell’d they prest
   The yielding marble of her snowy breast. Edmund Waller.

   3. Neglect of rule; irregularity.

   From vulgar bounds with brave disorder part,
   And snatch a grace beyond the reach of art. Alexander Pope, Essays.

   4. Breach of laws; violation of standing institution.

   There reigned in all men blood, manslaughter, disquieting of good men, forgetfulness of good turns, and disorder in marriages. Wisd. xiv. 26.

   5. Breach of that regularity in the animal œconomy which causes health; sickness; distemper. It is used commonly for a slight disease.

   Pleasure and pain are only different constitutions of the mind, sometimes occasioned by disorder in the body, or sometimes by thoughts in the mind. John Locke.

   6. Discomposure of mind; turbulence of passions.

2. To Disorderverb

   Etymology: dis and order.

   1. To throw into confusion; to confound; to put out of method; to disturb; to ruffle; to confuse.

   Eve
   Not so repuls’d, with tears that ceas’d not flowing,
   And tresses all disorder’d, at his feet
   Fell humble. John Milton, Paradise Lost, b. x. l. 911.

   Yon disorder’d heap of ruin lies,
   Stones rent from stones, where clouds of dust arise. Dryden.

   The incursions of the Goths, and other barbarous nations, disordered the affairs of the Roman empire. John Arbuthnot, on Coins.

   2. To make sick; to disturb the body.3. To discompose; to disturb the mind.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. Disordernoun

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

2. Disordernoun

   neglect of order or system; irregularity

3. Disordernoun

   breach of public order; disturbance of the peace of society; tumult

4. Disordernoun

   disturbance of the functions of the animal economy of the soul; sickness; derangement

5. Disorderverb

   to disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to throw into confusion; to confuse

6. Disorderverb

   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

7. Disorderverb

   to depose from holy orders

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1. Disorder

   Disorder are a hardcore punk band that formed in the Bristol area of the United Kingdom in 1980, and has existed with varying line-ups to this day. Disorder are a band who aligned with politically charged punk bands .

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Disorder

   dis-or′dėr, n. want of order: confusion: disturbance: breach of the peace: disease.—v.t. to throw out of order: to disarrange: to disturb: to produce disease.—adj. Disor′dered, confused, deranged.—n. Disor′derliness.—adj. Disor′derly, out of order: in confusion: irregular: lawless: defying the restraints of decency.—adv. confusedly: in a lawless manner.—Disorderly house, a brothel. [O. Fr. desordre, des (= L. dis), neg., ordre, order.]

Dictionary of Nautical TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. disorder

   The confusion occasioned by a heavy fire from an enemy.

Matched Categories

1. • Change
   • Condition
   • Physical Condition
   • Upset

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Disorder' in Nouns Frequency: #1588

How to pronounce Disorder?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Disorder in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Disorder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of Disorder in a Sentence

1. Stuart Murray:

   The eating disorder field has to treat boys and men based on treatment studies that included only females. We have to make this big inference that we are on the mark.

2. David Harris:

   Good policing or being a good cop means preventing disorder, heading off arrests, building relationships with people and communities so that problems can be addressed not just with physical courage or force or with barked orders, but with communication, cooperation and strategy.

3. Steven Frucht:

   When you look at the areas of the brain that are inappropriately activating, they're not just one region, this is actually a widely distributed motor network disorder. It's not like there's a lesion in a three-millimeter location, and we could just take care of that.

4. New Touching Video Bayer:

   We met after a bad mushroom trip, she asked for help and her therapist and another person had both said to call Mike Bayer. That was the beginning of our journey, from her history, struggling with addictions, cutting, eating disorder, and then now, getting to the other side of it where it’s about empowerment, advocacy, how to change the world.

5. Peter Openshaw:

   Smell disorder typically resolved at about 9 months, but when they were present concentration and memory changes tended to be more persistent.

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