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200 words match “DISORDER”

DEORDINATION n.

Disorder; dissoluteness. [Obs.] Excess of rideordination. Jer. Taylor.

ut of place, order, or rank; to disturb the proper arrangement or order of; to throw into disorder, confusion, or embarrassment; to disorder; to disarrange; as, to derange the plans of a commander, or the affairs of a nation.

Disordered; especially, disordered in mind; crazy; insane. The story of a poor deranged parish lad. Lamb.

act of deranging or putting out of order, or the state of being deranged; disarrangement; disorder; confusion; especially, mental disorder; insanity.

Disorder; merriment. [Obs.]

To disturb the functions of; to disorder. It disaffects the bowels. Hammond.

DISAFFECTION n.

Disorder; bad constitution. [R.] Wiseman.

DISARRANGEMENT n.

The act of disarranging, or the state of being disarranged; confusion; disorder. Cowper.

DISARRAY v. 2 definitions

To throw into disorder; to break the array of. Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in battle ranged. Fenton.

DISARRAYMENT n.

Disorder. [R.] Feltham.

DISCOMPOSE v. 2 definitions

To disarrange; to interfere with; to disturb; to disorder; to unsettle; to break up. Or discomposed the headdress of a prude. Pope.

Disordered; disturbed; disquieted. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ly, adv. -- Dis`com*pos"ed*ness, n.

DISCOMPOSURE n.

The state of being discomposed; disturbance; disorder; agitation; perturbation. No discomposure stirred her features. Akenside.

To break up the harmonious progress of; to throw into disorder or confusion; as, the emperor disconcerted the plans of his enemy.

DISEASE n. 2 definitions

ions, and causing or threatening pain and weakness; malady; affection; illness; sickness; disorder; -- applied figuratively to the mind, to the moral character and habits, to institutions, the state, etc. Diseases desperate grown, By desperate appliances are relieved. Shak. The instability, injustice, and confusion int…

DISHEVEL v. 3 definitions

To suffer (the hair) to hang loosely or disorderly; to spread or throw (the hair) in disorder; -- used chiefly in the passive participle. With garments rent and hair disheveled, Wringing her hands and making piteous moan. Spenser.

DISHEVELED a. 2 definitions

Having in loose disorder; disarranged; as, disheveled hair.

To disarrange; to derange; to put in disorder. [R.] Drummond.

Disorder. [Obs.] Holland.

Inordinate; disorderly. [Obs.] "With disordinate gestures." Prynne.