disorder
Syllables: dis·or·derUK/dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)//dɪsˈɔɹdɚ/
disorder noun: absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
Noun
disorder (countable and uncountable, plural disorders)
- Absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
- After playing the children left the room in disorder.
- It was a household in permanent and benevolent disorder, pervaded by the gentle thrill of religious persecution.1986, John le Carré, A Perfect Spy
- Synonyms:
- chaos
- A disturbance of civic peace or of public order.
- The class was thrown into disorder when the teacher left the room
- The army tried to prevent disorder when claims the elections had been rigged grew stronger.
- A physical or mental malfunction.
- Near-synonyms: disease, illness (both often synonymous)
- Bulimia is an eating disorder.
Verb
disorder (third-person singular simple present disorders, present participle disordering, simple past and past participle disordered)
- To throw into a state of disorder.
- To knock out of order or sequence.
disorder meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
disorder in Hindi
- absence of order
- अव्यवस्था avyavasthā, अस्त-व्यस्त ast-vyast, अव्यवस्थित avyavasthit
- physical or psychical malfunction
- विकार vikār
disorder in Tamil
- குழப்பம், சீர்குலைவு, முறையற்ற நடத்தை, முறையின்மை, சீரழிவு, சீரின்மை
disorder in Marathi
- disorder, confusion, chaos
- गोंधळ gondhaḷ
- disorder, chaos, anarchy, indiscipline
- बेशिस्त beśista
- disorder, derangement, confusion
- धांदल dhāndal
disorder in Urdu
- disorder
- دنگا dangā
- disorder, derangement
- خلل xalal
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- disorder in Bengali
- অক্রম okrom
- disorder in Telugu
- వ్యాధి vyādhi
- disorder in Malayalam
- അക്രമം akramaṁ, തകരാറ് takarāṟŭ
- disorder in Kannada
- ತಾರುಮಾರು, ಎಡ್ಡಂತಿಡ್ಡ, ಎಡ್ಡಾದಿಡ್ಡಿ, ಅಸ್ತವ್ಯಸ್ತತೆ
- disorder in Nepali
- अव्यवस्था, विकार
- disorder in Arabic
- اِخْتِلال iḵtilāl, اِضْطِراب iḍṭirāb, اِضْطِرَاب iḍṭirāb
- disorder in Malay
- berselerak, kekacauan, gangguan, kecelaruan
- disorder in Indonesian
- gangguan
- disorder in Thai
- ความผิดปรกติ, ความผิดปกติ, โรค rôok
- disorder in Vietnamese
- rối loạn
Examples of disorder in a sentence
- Her diagnoses include type 2 diabetes mellitus, primary hypertension, diabetic retinopathy, and generalized anxiety disorder.
- The affray in the busy marketplace caused great terror and disorder.
- Back then, people with psychiatric disorders were sometimes thought to be victims of demonic possession.
Synonyms of disorder
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Antonyms
Forms of disorder
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | disorders |
| alternative form (obsolete) | disordre |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | disorders |
| present participle | disordering |
| past participle | disordered |
| past | disordered |
Origin of disorder
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)).
Words formed from disorder
- acquired disorder
- adjustment disorder
- affective disorder
- alcohol use disorder
- amputee identity disorder
- antisocial personality disorder
- anti-social personality disorder
- antisocial-personality disorder
- anxiety disorder
- attachment disorder
- attention deficit disorder
- attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
- attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
- auditory processing disorder
- autism spectrum disorder
- autistic disorder
- autistic spectrum disorder
- avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder
- avoidant personality disorder
- binge eating disorder
- bipolar disorder
- body-dysmorphic disorder
- body dysmorphic disorder
- body-focused repetitive behavior disorder
- body integrity identity disorder
- borderline-personality disorder
- borderline personality disorder
- caffeine use disorder
- celebrity obsession disorder
- character disorder
- childhood disintegrative disorder
- cluster B personality disorder
- colony collapse disorder
- communication disorder
- complex post-traumatic stress disorder
- conduct disorder
- congenital disorder
- conversion disorder
- delayed sleep phase disorder
- delusional disorder
- dependent personality disorder
- depersonalization-derealization disorder
- depressive disorder
- depressive personality disorder
- disorderly
- disorder of sex development
- dissociative disorder
- dissociative identity disorder
- Down syndrome regression disorder
- eating disorder
- emotionally unstable personality disorder
- excoriation disorder
- factitious disorder imposed on another
- fetal alcohol spectrum disorder
- functional disorder
- gender identity disorder
- generalized anxiety disorder
- genetic disorder
- hair-pulling disorder
- haltlose personality disorder
Phrases with disorder
- mood disorder
- pain disorder
- money disorder
- panic disorder
- renal disorder
- sleep disorder
- gaming disorder
- mental disorder
- speech disorder
- Hartnup disorder
- gambling disorder
- Heller's disorder
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- hoarding disorder
- movement disorder
- spectrum disorder
- unipolar disorder
- whiptail disorder
- bipolar I disorder
- dysthymic disorder
- nightmare disorder
- psychotic disorder
- bipolar II disorder
- pedophilic disorder
- somatoform disorder
- structural disorder
- Tourette's disorder
- cyclothymic disorder
- personality disorder
- transvestic disorder
- cannabis use disorder
- cannabis-use disorder
- hyperkinetic disorder
- skin-picking disorder
- CDK13-related disorder
- developmental disorder
- organic brain disorder
- seasonal mood disorder
- substance use disorder
- giant platelet disorder
- nature deficit disorder
- nature-deficit disorder
- obsessive love disorder
- organic mental disorder
- pedohebephilic disorder
- social anxiety disorder
- social-anxiety disorder
- illness anxiety disorder
- impulse control disorder
- Internet gaming disorder
- prolonged grief disorder
- schizoaffective disorder
- somatic symptom disorder
- major depressive disorder
- schizo-obsessive disorder
- selective eating disorder
- attention-deficit disorder
- conduct-dissocial disorder
- genito-pelvic pain disorder
- internet addiction disorder
- neurodevelopmental disorder
- nonverbal learning disorder
- seasonal affective disorder
- semantic-pragmatic disorder
- sensory processing disorder
- separation anxiety disorder
- pelvic inflammatory disorder
- reactive attachment disorder
- unspecified anxiety disorder
- multiple personality disorder
- obsessive-compulsive disorder
- oppositional defiant disorder
- paranoid personality disorder
- paranoid-personality disorder
- posttraumatic stress disorder
- posttraumatic-stress disorder
- sadistic personality disorder
- schizoid personality disorder
- social communication disorder
- stereotypic movement disorder
- trinucleotide repeat disorder
- cluster A personality disorder
- cluster C personality disorder
- concentration deficit disorder
- female sexual arousal disorder
- persistent depressive disorder
- post traumatic stress disorder
- post-traumatic stress disorder
- post-traumatic-stress disorder
- histrionic personality disorder
- intermittent explosive disorder
- non-24-hour sleep-wake disorder
- premenstrual dysphoric disorder
- disinhibited attachment disorder
- functional neurological disorder
- masochistic personality disorder
- melancholic personality disorder
- pervasive developmental disorder
- schizotypal personality disorder
- narcissistic personality disorder
- narcissistic-personality disorder
- negativistic personality disorder
- developmental coordination disorder
- intellectual developmental disorder
- persistent genital arousal disorder
- posttraumatic embitterment disorder
- self-defeating personality disorder
- post-traumatic embitterment disorder
- other specified dissociative disorder
- disruptive mood dysregulation disorder
- disinhibited social engagement disorder
- passive-aggressive personality disorder
- persistent complex bereavement disorder
- functional neurological symptom disorder
- obsessive-compulsive personality disorder
- social (pragmatic) communication disorder
- rapid eye movement sleep behavior disorder
- hallucinogen persisting perception disorder
Words that rhyme with disorder
- order
- boarder
- border
- recorder
- warder
- forder
- global order
- hoarder
- major depressive disorder
- nature-deficit disorder
- payment order
- shortboarder
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Questions about disorder
- What does disorder mean?
- Disorder means absence of order; state of not being arranged in an orderly manner.
- What is disorder in Hindi?
- Disorder in Hindi is अव्यवस्था (avyavasthā), अस्त-व्यस्त (ast-vyast), अव्यवस्थित (avyavasthit). See Disorder meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is disorder?
- Disorder can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce disorder?
- Disorder is pronounced /dɪsˈɔːdə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of disorder?
- The plural of disorder is disorders.
Words near disorder in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: disorder (page history and authors); disorder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); गोंधळ (Marathi) (page history and authors); خلل (Urdu) (page history and authors); অক্রম (Bengali) (page history and authors); അക്രമം (Malayalam) (page history and authors); disorder (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); disorder (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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