out of sorts

sort

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawrt]
- /sɔrt/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [sawrt]
- /sɔrt/

Definitions of out of sorts words

noun out of sorts a particular kind, species, variety, class, or group, distinguished by a common character or nature: to develop a new sort of painting; nice people, of course, but not really our sort. 1
noun out of sorts character, quality, or nature: young people of a nice sort. 1
noun out of sorts an example of something that is undistinguished or barely adequate: He is a sort of poet. 1
noun out of sorts manner, fashion, or way: We spoke in this sort for several minutes. 1
noun out of sorts Printing. any of the individual characters making up a font of type. characters of a particular font that are rarely used. 1
noun out of sorts an instance of sorting. 1

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Origin of out of sorts

First appearance:

before 1200

One of the 9% oldest English words

1200-50; (noun) Middle English < Middle French sorte < Medieval Latin sort- (stem of sors) kind, allotted status or portion, lot, Latin: orig., voter's lot; (v.) Middle English sorten to allot, arrange, assort (< Middle French sortir) < Latin sortīrī to draw lots, derivative of sors; later senses influenced by the noun and by assort

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Parts of speech for Out of sorts

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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out of sorts popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% 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".

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Synonyms for out of sorts

adj out of sorts

bearish — On the stock market, if there is a bearish mood, prices are expected to fall. Compare bullish.
beefing — the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
bummed — depressed, upset, distressed, annoyed, etc.
cranky — If you describe ideas or ways of behaving as cranky, you disapprove of them because you think they are strange.
disagreeable — contrary to one's taste or liking; unpleasant; offensive; repugnant.

adjective out of sorts

crabbed — surly; irritable; perverse
cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
ill — of unsound physical or mental health; unwell; sick: She felt ill, so her teacher sent her to the nurse.
whiny — complaining; fretful; cranky: The baby is whiny because he missed his nap.
wrecker — a person or thing that wrecks.

All 18 Synonyms of out of sorts