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- [dis-awr-der]
- /dɪsˈɔr dər/
- /dɪˈsɔː.dər/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [dis-awr-der]
- /dɪsˈɔr dər/
Definitions of disorder word
- noun disorder lack of order or regular arrangement; confusion: Your room is in utter disorder. 1
- noun disorder an irregularity: a disorder in legal proceedings. 1
- noun disorder breach of order; disorderly conduct; public disturbance. 1
- noun disorder a disturbance in physical or mental health or functions; malady or dysfunction: a mild stomach disorder. 1
- verb with object disorder to destroy the order or regular arrangement of; disarrange. 1
- verb with object disorder to derange the physical or mental health or functions of. 1
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Origin of disorder
First appearance:
before 1470 One of the 25% oldest English words
First recorded in 1470-80; dis-1 + order
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Disorder
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
disorder popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 96% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
disorder usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for disorder
noun disorder
- huddle — to gather or crowd together in a close mass.
- mess — a dirty, untidy, or disordered condition: The room was in a mess.
- confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- disarray — to put out of array or order; throw into disorder.
- discombobulation — to confuse or disconcert; upset; frustrate: The speaker was completely discombobulated by the hecklers.
verb disorder
- unsettle — to alter from a settled state; cause to be no longer firmly fixed or established; render unstable; disturb: Violence unsettled the government.
- tumble — to fall helplessly down, end over end, as by losing one's footing, support, or equilibrium; plunge headlong: to tumble down the stairs.
- confuse — If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- confound — If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
- clutter — Clutter is a lot of things in an untidy state, especially things that are not useful or necessary.
Antonyms for disorder
noun disorder
- tidiness — neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress: a tidy room; a tidy person.
- orderliness — arranged or disposed in a neat, tidy manner or in a regular sequence: an orderly desk.
- health — the general condition of the body or mind with reference to soundness and vigor: good health; poor health.
- order — an authoritative direction or instruction; command; mandate.
- organization — the act or process of organizing.
verb disorder
- organize — to form as or into a whole consisting of interdependent or coordinated parts, especially for united action: to organize a committee.
- neaten — to make neat: a day spent neatening the kitchen shelves.
- tidy — neat, orderly, or trim, as in appearance or dress: a tidy room; a tidy person.
- soothe — to tranquilize or calm, as a person or the feelings; relieve, comfort, or refresh: soothing someone's anger; to soothe someone with a hot drink.
- comfort — If you are doing something in comfort, you are physically relaxed and contented, and are not feeling any pain or other unpleasant sensations.
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