disorder
Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
Noun 3 meanings
Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
“After playing the children left the room in disorder.”
A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
“The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room”
A physical or mental malfunction.
“Near-synonyms: disease, illness (both often synonymous)”
Verb 2 meanings
To throw into a state of disorder.
To knock out of order or sequence.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desordre (modern French désordre), from Old French desordre, from des- + ordre; by surface analysis, dis- + order (<< Latin ōrdō). Compare typologically Russian непоря́док (neporjádok), беспоря́док (besporjádok), неуря́дица (neurjádica) (akin to ряд (rjad), поря́док (porjádok)).
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DISORDER at a glance
DISORDER has 8 letters and scores 10 points in Scrabble (D 2 + I 1 + S 1 + O 1 + R 1 + D 2 + E 1 + R 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #4,145 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with disorder
All rhymes- UNDER6
- ORDER6
- CONSIDER11
- LEADER7
- WONDER10
- OLDER6
- MURDER9
- BORDER9
- GENDER8
- HARDER10
- COMMANDER16
- SHOULDER12
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- MISORDER11
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