ALL meanings of out of sorts
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O o - 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
- verb with object out of sorts to arrange according to sort, kind, or class; separate into sorts; classify: to sort socks; to sort eggs by grade. 1
- verb with object out of sorts to separate or take from other sorts or from others (often followed by out): to sort the good from the bad; to sort out the children's socks. 1
- verb with object out of sorts to assign to a particular class, group, or place (often followed by with, together, etc.): to sort people together indiscriminately. 1
- verb with object out of sorts Scot. to provide with food and shelter. 1
- verb with object out of sorts Computers. to place (records) in order, as numerical or alphabetical, based on the contents of one or more keys contained in each record. Compare key1 (def 19). 1
- verb without object out of sorts Archaic. to suit; agree; fit. 1
- verb without object out of sorts British Dialect. to associate, mingle, or be friendly. 1
- idioms out of sorts of sorts, of a mediocre or poor kind: a tennis player of sorts. of one sort or another; of an indefinite kind. Also, of a sort. 1
- idioms out of sorts out of sorts, in low spirits; depressed. in poor health; indisposed; ill. in a bad temper; irritable: to be out of sorts because of the weather. Printing. short of certain characters of a font of type. 1
- idioms out of sorts sort of, Informal. in a way; somewhat; rather: Their conversation was sort of tiresome. 1
- adjective out of sorts not in a good mood 1
- adjective out of sorts slightly unwell 1
- phrase out of sorts If you are out of sorts, you feel slightly unwell, upset, or annoyed. 0
- noun out of sorts not in normal good health, temper, etc 0
- noun out of sorts lacking certain sorts of type 0
- noun out of sorts not in a good humor; cross 0
- noun out of sorts not feeling well; slightly ill 0