Disordered
/dɪsˈɔɹdɚd/ adj, verb
adj, verb ·Common ·High school level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 simple past and past participle of disorder form-of, participle, past
Adjective
- 1 Chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.
- 2 in an incorrect or unexpected order.
- 3 Deranged.
"The frenzy which had unsettled the mind of the hermit was by him communicated to his hearers who, sinking into a trance, fell easy victims to the fearful visions of a disordered mind."
- 4 Having a medical disorder.
"a disordered gambler"
Adjective
- 1 lacking orderly continuity wordnet
- 2 not arranged in order wordnet
- 3 thrown into a state of disarray or confusion wordnet
Example
More examples"Never in the delirious dream of a disordered brain could anything more savage, more appalling, more hellish be conceived than that dark form and savage face which broke upon us out of the wall of fog."