Meaning of DISARRAY
| Pronunciation: | | `disu'rey
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- [n] untidiness (especially of clothing and appearance)
- [n] a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior
- [v] bring disorder to
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| | Synonyms: | | confusion, disorder, disorderliness, mental confusion |
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| | See Also: | | alter, bafflement, befuddlement, bemusement, bewilderment, change, cognitive state, daze, derange, disarrange, disorientation, distraction, fog, half-cock, haze, jamais vu, jumble, mess, mess up, messiness, mystification, obfuscation, perplexity, perturb, puzzlement, scramble, state of mind, throw out of kilter, throw together, untidiness | |
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\Dis`ar*ray"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Disarrayed}; p. pr.
& vb. n. {Disarraying}.] [Pref. dis- + array, v.: cf. OF.
desarroyer, desarreier.]
1. To throw into disorder; to break the array of.
Who with fiery steeds Oft disarrayed the foes in
battle ranged. --Fenton.
2. To take off the dress of; to unrobe.
So, as she bade, the witch they disarrayed.
--Spenser.
\Dis`ar*ray"\, n. [Cf. F. d['e]sarroi.]
1. Want of array or regular order; disorder; confusion.
Disrank the troops, set all in disarray. --Daniel.
2. Confused attire; undress. --Spenser.
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| | Related Terms: | | ataxia, chaos, clutter, derange, derangement, disarrange, disarrangement, disarticulation, discomfiture, discompose, discomposure, disconcertedness, disharmony, dishevel, dishevelment, disintegration, disjunction, dislocate, dismantle, disorder, disorderliness, disorganization, disorganize, disproportion, disrobe, disruption, disturb, disturbance, do a strip-tease, entropy, haphazardness, huddle, incoherence, indiscriminateness, inharmonious harmony, irregularity, jumble, litter, mess, mess up, misarrange, most admired disorder, muddle, muss, muss up, nonsymmetry, nonuniformity, perturbation, promiscuity, promiscuousness, randomness, ruffle, rummage, rumple, scatter, snarl, strip, topsy-turviness, tousle, turbulence, unarray, uncase, unclothe, undrape, undress, unsettle, unsymmetry, ununiformity, upset |
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