Disordered

//dɪsˈɔɹdɚd// adj, verb

adj, verb ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of disorder form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Chaotic; without clear order; in a state of disorder.
  2. 2
    in an incorrect or unexpected order.
  3. 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. 4
    Having a medical disorder.

    "a disordered gambler"

Adjective
  1. 1
    lacking orderly continuity wordnet
  2. 2
    not arranged in order wordnet
  3. 3
    thrown into a state of disarray or confusion wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
disconnecteddisorganizedaimlessaleatoricaleatoryamiss

Example

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"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."

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