Definition of disarray
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: disorderly dress : dishabille
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Examples of disarray in a Sentence
The room was in disarray.
The company has fallen into complete disarray.
Recent Examples of disarray from the Web
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By that point, the pitching staff had fallen into disarray, a point illustrated by its swollen 5.19 ERA and substandard 1.84 strikeout-to-walk ratio.
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Australia Likely to be the fall guys in a competitive group after suffering through plenty of disarray in qualifying.
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So, when Trump got elected, that threw everything into disarray, right?
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Pompeo will arrive in the region ahead of a series of events that could potentially plunge it into deeper disarray, including the Iran deal decision and the relocation of the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
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There’s no despair like unraveling your durag in the morning to a scene of disarray.
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Riley's possible selection was portrayed as a setback to reforming the police department, which is under federal consent decree after an investigation found the department in disarray after Hurricane Katrina.
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The 2017 Gators, on the other hand, ranked outside the nation’s top-15 defenses for the first time since 2007 and ended the season in disarray.
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Cross said when her sister arrived at their mother's home, the house was in disarray.
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Origin and Etymology of disarray
see 2disarray
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First Known Use: 15th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yeardisarray Synonyms
Synonyms
chaos, confusion, disarrangement, dishevelment, disorder, disorderedness, disorderliness, disorganization, free-for-all, havoc, heck, hell, jumble, mare's nest, mess, messiness, misorder, muddle, muss, shambles, tumble, welter;
Antonyms
Definition of disarray
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: to throw into disorder
- The discarded magazines and newspapers, the layers of dust and disarrayed rugs …
- —Gloria Naylor
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: undress
Examples of disarray in a Sentence
he had accidentally disarrayed his brother's CDs, leaving a telltale sign of borrowing without permission
Recent Examples of disarray from the Web
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In this one, the first of a series published from 1935 to 1961, readers are introduced to a nervous Londoner named Pongo Twistleton, whose orderly life is disarrayed by the visit of his peremptory and mischievous uncle Fred from the country.
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Origin and Etymology of disarray
Middle English disarayen, from Anglo-French desaraier, from des- dis- + arraier to array
NEW! Time Traveler
First Known Use: 14th century
in the meaning defined at sense 1
See Words from the same yeardisarray Synonyms
Synonyms
confuse, derange, disarrange, discompose, dishevel, disjoint, dislocate, disorder, disorganize, disrupt, disturb, hash, jumble, mess (up), mix (up), muddle, muss, rumple, scramble, shuffle, tousle, tumble, upset;
Antonyms
arrange, array, dispose, draw up, marshal (also marshall), order, organize, range, regulate, straighten (up), tidy;
Near Antonyms
align (also aline), line, line up, queue;
DISARRAY Defined for English Language Learners
Definition of disarray for English Language Learners
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: a lack of order : a confused or messy condition
DISARRAY Defined for Kids
Definition of disarray for Students
: a confused or messy condition
- The room was in complete disarray.
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