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English Dictionary: Disordered by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disordered
adj
  1. thrown into a state of disarray or confusion; "troops fleeing in broken ranks"; "a confused mass of papers on the desk"; "the small disordered room"; "with everything so upset"
    Synonym(s): broken, confused, disordered, upset
  2. lacking orderly continuity; "a confused set of instructions"; "a confused dream about the end of the world"; "disconnected fragments of a story"; "scattered thoughts"
    Synonym(s): confused, disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled, illogical, scattered, unconnected
  3. not arranged in order
    Synonym(s): disordered, unordered
    Antonym(s): ordered
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disorder \Dis*or"der\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disordered}; p. pr.
      & vb. n. {Disordering}.]
      1. To disturb the order of; to derange or disarrange; to
            throw into confusion; to confuse.
  
                     Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence.
                                                                              --Burke.
  
                     The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary
                     rafters into a common ruin.               --Jer. Taylor.
  
      2. To disturb or interrupt the regular and natural functions
            of (either body or mind); to produce sickness or
            indisposition in; to discompose; to derange; as, to
            disorder the head or stomach.
  
                     A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party
                     spirit.                                             --Macaulay.
  
      3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] --Dryden.
  
      Syn: To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Disordered \Dis*or"dered\, a.
      1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house,
            judgment.
  
      2. Disorderly. [Obs.] --Shak. -- {Dis*or"dered*ly}, adv. --
            {Dis*or"dered*ness}, n.
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