dictionary definitions for "disordered"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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              Disordering the whole frame or jurisprudence.
                                                    --Burke.
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              The burden . . . disordered the aids and auxiliary
              rafters into a common ruin.           --Jer. Taylor.
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     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.
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              A man whose judgment was so much disordered by party
              spirit.                               --Macaulay.
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     3. To depose from holy orders. [Obs.] --Dryden.
  
     Syn: To disarrange; derange; confuse; discompose.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Disordered \Dis*or"dered\, a.
     1. Thrown into disorder; deranged; as, a disordered house,
        judgment.
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     2. Disorderly. [Obs.] --Shak. -- Dis*or"dered*ly, adv. --
        Dis*or"dered*ness, n.
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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" [syn: 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" [syn: confused,
         disconnected, disjointed, disordered, garbled,
         illogical, scattered, unconnected]
      3: not arranged in order [syn: disordered, unordered] [ant:
         ordered]


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