disordered

dis·or·dered

adj

Definition of DISORDERED

1

obsolete a : morally reprehensible b : unruly

2

a : marked by disorder <a disordered room> b : not functioning in a normal orderly healthy way <a disordered mind>

— dis·or·dered·ly adverb

— dis·or·dered·ness noun

Examples of DISORDERED

1. The project was in a disordered state.
2. The file was completely disordered.

First Known Use of DISORDERED

1505

Related to DISORDERED

Synonyms: chaotic, cluttered, confused, disarranged, disarrayed, disheveled (or dishevelled), messy, disorderly, higgledy-piggledy, hugger-mugger, jumbled, littered, messed, muddled, mussed, mussy, pell-mell, rumpled, sloppy, topsy-turvy, tousled, tumbled, unkempt, untidy, upside-down

Antonyms: bandbox, crisp, kempt, neat, neatened, ordered, orderly, organized, shipshape, snug, tidied, tidy, trim, uncluttered, well-ordered

Related Words: bedraggled, befouled, begrimed, bemired, besmirched, blackened, cruddy, dingy, dirty, draggled, filthy, foul, grimy, grotty [chiefly British], grubby, grungy, mucky, nasty, smudged, soiled, spotted, squalid, stained, sullied, unclean, uncleanly; dowdy, frowsy (or frowzy), shaggy, slatternly, sloven, slovenly, uncombed; wrinkled; adulterated, contaminated, defiled, polluted, tainted; knotted, snarled, tangled; seedy, shabby, sleazy, sordid; neglected, neglectful, negligent

Near Antonyms: antiseptic, clean, cleaned, cleanly, hygienic, immaculate, sparkling, spick-and-span (or spic-and-span), spotless, stainless, unsoiled, unsullied; methodical (also methodic), regular, systematic, systematized; careful, fastidious, finicky, fussy, meticulous; combed, groomed, manicured, well-groomed; taintless, undefiled, unpolluted, untainted, wholesome

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Rhymes with DISORDERED

well-ordered